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Corona by the numbers & local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of March 28: Culver City: 2,139 (deaths 97); Del Rey: 1,957 (deaths 29); El Segundo: 690 (deaths 6); Marina del Rey: 363 (deaths 3); Mar Vista: 1,994 (deaths 33); Palms: 2,532 (deaths 56); Playa del Rey: 108 (deaths 1); Playa Vista: 577 (deaths 8); Santa Monica: 4,572 (deaths 169); Venice: 1,588 (deaths 15); Westchester: 2,417 (deaths 50)

Total Westside cases: 18,937 total Westside deaths: 467 total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,217,707 total deaths in LA County: 23,078 total new cases as of March 28: 700 total new deaths: 23 hospitalizations: 676 positivity rate (seven-day daily average): 1.6% total number of people tested: 6,061,309 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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L E T T E R S Jane Velez-Mitchell and the Ballona Wetlands Editor: Many who read the Argonaut’s exposé on former local TV news anchor and journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell (Argonaut, 3/25/21) will laud her activism on animal care and climate change issues. Her views and actions on the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project, however, are seriously misguided and grossly uninformed. As a journalist, “unchained” or not, she should know better than to ignore the facts.

Her publicly stated views on Ballona at local meetings and events simply parrot decades of outright lies fabricated by other activists who are well-known opponents of the state’s restoration plan. Her advocacy will only serve to harm, not help, either nature or people at Ballona and should be soundly rejected.

The so-called “gentle” restoration alternative, now the rallying cry of Ms. Velez-Mitchell and her allies, was carefully evaluated and unequivocally rejected by the in-depth scientific and legal review performed through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Environmental Impact

studies. This “gentle” approach was rejected because it does virtually nothing to undo and correct the extensive ecological damage inflicted upon Ballona by Marina del Rey’s construction and many other development infills over the past century.

The “gentle” alternative also does nothing to replace the obsolete, massive and tide-choking concrete Ballona Creek channel, which the Fish and Wildlife plan will replace with modern, vegetated flood control features. Neither does the “gentle” alternative protect lower Playa del Rey from the inevitable tidal flooding that will threaten that community as sea levels rise. The Fish and Wildlife plan resolves all of these problems.

The “gentle” plan cannot be practically implemented on the 200 acres of weed-infested state lands south of Fiji Way without employing heavy, mechanized earthmoving equipment – the same bulldozers hypocritically vilified by the opponents in their own criticisms of the Fish and Wildlife plan.

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The recent fire in the southeastern Ballona Wetlands occurred in an area of “stranded” pickleweed marsh – stranded because for decades it has been cut off from the ocean’s tides by the concrete Ballona channel. Pickleweed is a virtually fireproof wetland plant that normally exists only in wetlands that enjoy the periodic tidal flushing required for its long-term survival. Having been denied the ocean’s salty and weed-suppressing tides at Ballona, the pickleweed marsh burned there because it has been gradually infested by flammable, dry-land weeds which spread and thickened with each winter’s rainfall.

The Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, one of only three listed endangered species in the Ballona, depends entirely on this pickleweed marsh for its life cycle. The Fish and Wildlife plan will, among many other good things, not only restore nourishing, weed-proofing tidal flows to those long-stranded pickleweed marsh areas, but will add another 70 acres of pickleweed. This new marsh and

Belding’s habitat will replace the dry, weedy Marina construction fill south of Fiji Way that buried former pickleweed marsh a half century ago.

Incredibly, Ms. Velez-Mitchell’s allies are suing to stop the Fish and Wildlife project, claiming in their court filings the project will irreparably harm the Belding’s, when in fact it will do just the opposite. Similar successful pickleweed enhancements at countless other tidal restorations prove it.

It will take a few years for the proposed project to withstand these legal assaults. In the meantime, all in the community should get educated on the facts and truth about the Fish and Wildlife plan for Ballona, lest they be flimflammed by the fictional narratives of self-serving activists.

David W. Kay, D. Env Playa Vista

The fires in the west, the repeated hurricanes hitting our coasts, and the droughts across the country are not random occurrences – they are the direct result of global warming.

Scientific evidence that global warming has been caused by human activity is unequivocal.

For hundreds of thousands of years, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never risen above 300 parts per million.

In the past 50 years, carbon dioxide levels have risen to above 400 parts per million at a rate of about 100 times faster than previous natural increases, including after the end of the last ice age. A global rise of over 2 degrees Celsius will cause massive destruction to life as we know it. It is time to cover the crisis correctly!

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Climate Change Editor: Please call natural disasters for what they really are: climate disasters. Scientists warned decades ago that climate change would cause more extreme and frequent adverse weather events.

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Housing for the Homeless Federal solutions are needed to address nation’s growing homeless populations homeless housing programs.

While falling short of its goals, this pandemic-inspired program validated that with the infusion of federal funds and a real sense of urgency, we can house our homeless neighbors.

This seems an insurmountable goal with an estimated 568,000 people experiencing homelessness across the country.

But the rapid creation of Project Roomkey in California, a new president and a Democratically controlled Congress provide new hope that the nation can – in addition to battling COVID-19 – address the national emergency of homelessness with comprehensive and effective solutions.

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COURTESY OF VENICE FAMILY CLINIC

By Dr. Coley M. King After living on the streets of Venice for many months, Morris celebrated his 77th birthday in a motel room, thanks to the dedication of outreach workers at St. Joseph Center and a room made available through Project Roomkey.

This state and county program, aimed at reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission among people experiencing homelessness, relies on federal funds to provide motel rooms and supportive services to many of our patients, like Morris, who receive health care from myself and other members of Venice Family Clinic’s nine street medicine teams.

The COVID-19 pandemic removed many bureaucratic obstacles, including opportunities for opponents to halt such projects, that have impeded other

Venice Family Clinic’s doctor to the homeless Dr. Coley M. King sees a patient. that he said would be “guided by the belief that people need basic necessities like food and a place to live before attending to anything less critical, such as getting a job, budgeting properly or attending to substance use issues.”

Biden also promised to secure the enactment of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Los Angeles) Ending Homelessness Act. The Act calls for $13 billion in federal funds over five years, which would, among other things, create more than 400,000 additional housing units for homeless individuals. It would also provide outreach and case management resources that are critical to keeping people housed.

Among his other proposals, he would create supportive housing for seniors and disabled individuals, and set a national goal of providing housing to 100% of formerly incarcerated inmates upon re-entry to society.

Whether Biden’s proposals or other proposals are the politically possible and correct solutions, the urgency is clear: Every state in the nation has a homeless population.

This is not a problem unique to California.

To address our nation’s homelessness emergency, we must have a national solution that draws on

the much larger federal budget and more far-reaching federal programs because these offer our best hope for solving the many challenges of successfully housing our homeless neighbors.

As we have seen, housing alone won’t solve the problem. We need trained outreach workers who can build the trust needed to encourage people living on the streets to consider an offer of shelter. We need medical and other professionals to address the mental health and substance use issues that often prevent our unhoused neighbors from seeking housing or other help.

We have found that once we earn their trust and help them address their medical issues, it’s much easier to get them to accept temporary housing as soon as it’s available. And once they are in temporary housing, they can receive the medical and other assistance on a consistent basis, making it more likely they will complete the paperwork and other requirements to obtain permanent housing. They are also more likely to be successful in staying in permanent housing.

Solving the nation’s homeless problem won’t be simple. But the costs of continuing our current course are far too great – in lost

lives and, as COVID-19 has shown, in the potential impact on our entire community’s health.

As a nation, we rallied to recognize homelessness as an emergency that needed to be addressed to slow the spread of COVID-19.

As a nation, we must continue to treat homelessness as an emergency that warrants the federal attention and funds needed to make housing a right for all.

Dr. Coley M. King is director of homeless services at Venice Family Clinic, a nonprofit community health center serving nearly 27,000 people in need in the greater Los Angeles area.

For more information, visit venicefamilyclinic.org Power to Speak is The Argonaut’s guest opinion column for community members to voice their views on local matters and does not represent an editorial position or endorsement by The Argonaut. The opinions, experiences, research and data analysis expressed in this article are the author’s own. Have a unique point of view on a neighborhood matter or a national issue with a local twist? Email kkirk@ timespublications.com.

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Tribute to Johan ‘Yo’ Esbensen The founder of Rogue Status has passed away COURTESY OF JASPER WATTS

By Davis Wilky Lau Standing on the corner of Rose and Main looking west, the Sad Clown of Venice sheds a tear for the loss of one of Venice Beach’s most monumental pioneers.

Johan “Yo” Esbensen may not have built the roads or the canals, but the vibrance and kinship of the Venice community bears his signature.

One of the most charismatic people I’ve ever met, Yo brought people together from all walks of life and was the father to a generation of misfits, a radiant personality that infected everyone he met to become a bit more like him — and often for the better.

No building nor street may bear his name, but the legacy he leaves behind will forever live in the fabric of the community he created and the lives he touched.

If you roamed around Venice in the late naughties, you probably knew Yo, and he probably knew you. If you’d met, you were welcome around him and for any amount of time.

On the surface, Yo was a successful businessman, designer and community leader, but he was so much more than the sum of those things. A larger-than-life character with a

heart of gold, Yo influenced a generation simply by being himself. His flagship Rogue Status store, with its all-black exterior and large white sad face painted above the door, was the home to many for the years it sat just a few blocks from the famous Venice Beach lights.

When I first met Yo, he was a member of the original cast of iconic characters that opened the Undefeated, Santa Monica.

Alex, Imee, Osamu and Yo made the store a landmark destination from the moment it opened. Movie stars, musicians and interesting people from all walks of life could be found hanging out on the bench outside the store on any given day, just to chat with them. My friends and I would find any excuse to be around. It made us feel cool by proxy.

Even amongst a team of unique and interesting characters, Yo stood out. In a store famous for its rare and exclusive sneakers, it wasn’t uncommon to find Yo working in a pair of beat-up Chuck Taylors, if not barefoot.

Some people are just “cool” and he certainly was one of those people.

When he wasn’t working, you could catch Yo riding around Venice on his beach cruiser chatting up everyone from the

homeless to the celebrities in the area, or just sitting on his porch with his half-a-dozen dogs. He welcomed everyone, always full of encouragement for others and the unrestricted nurturing of ideas that’d become characteristic of the community he’d later create.

His tattoos, each with a story behind them, were visual representations of the man beneath. His experiences, ideas, style, all displayed in various illustrations, each intriguing in its own way. The man was stylish in such an effortless way it could easily be overlooked.

In his work, as in his life, Yo never did anything just for the sake of looking good. Everything had to have a message or a purpose. Notably evident in two of the most iconic Rogue Status designs: the all-over print “Gun show” and “Curb your god.”

Yo’s house on 4th and Marine was a hangout for people from all walks of life. With a halfpipe and huge backyard, more days than not you’d find a collection of people skating the ramp or just hanging out.

When he left Undefeated to create the first Rogue Status flagship store in Venice, he brought the vibe and sense of community he’d cultivated at his home to the store. From the

opening party onward, it was a go-to place to be in Venice. He sponsored local skaters, hired kids from the community to work the store, organized charitable events, and always made sure everyone felt welcome.

Many of my fondest memories growing up were in the environments he created. His reach was so vast in the community, you automatically sensed a connection with anyone you’d met through Yo. That is still true today. Many of my friends in Venice, the people I still share a smile and catch-up with after many years apart, I met through Yo. I never knew much about Yo’s past other than him being Canadian and having lived in New York and Whistler for periods of time. He talked little about his past or himself for that matter, he always seemed more interested in the lives of others.

It was easy to sit back and let him dictate the conversation.

During the worst week of my life when a very close friend, Dillon Henry, passed away, Yo was there for my friends and me without a moment of hesitation.

He didn’t dwell on words, he went straight into action. He, and the whole Undefeated/ Rogue Status crew showed up at

the funeral, dressed in all black.

Their presence was stronger than any words could’ve been.

As my friend Gabe put it, we knew from that moment they were family.

In the immediate wake of the funeral, Yo helped us design a memorial T-shirt and hosted a gathering at the store. To this day, it’s hard to imagine how tough that time would have been without his guidance and support. He could bring light to even the darkest of moments.

I once asked about a particular tattoo on his arm: a single jagged line that ran the length of his forearm. Yo told me it was the horizon line of the place he buried his father. The elegance and beauty of that simple line sums up the depth and quality of his person. He will be deeply missed by many.

The sun may have set on Yo’s Venice, but for those lucky enough to have known him, to have been there in that small slice of utopia he created on the corner of Venice and Main, we’ll always be able to see that black paint somewhere deep beneath and remember that contagious smile.

Thank you for everything, Yo. Rest easy, brother.

Until we meet again, you’re forever in our hearts.

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C O M M U N I T Y COURTESY OF DEL REY YACHT CLUB MEMBER JOAN GODFREY

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Your eyes probably go many places without your body robotically following suit — like at a buffet when you ogle the chocolate cake and baby doughnuts while dutifully piling a plate with raw broccoli and fat-free dip. Fortunately, broccoli rarely retaliates by sobbing, calling you a pig, and making you sleep in your car for three days.

Evolutionary psychologist David Buss tells a story about a married guy who emailed him after reading his book “The Evolution of Desire,” which lays out scientific evidence supporting evolutionary theories about human mating psychology. Buss gets heat for the book from those whose beliefs it upends — those who cling to the idea that

men and women are largely identical in basic sexual psychology — and he admits, “Some of what I discovered about human mating is not nice.”

The man conceded that “maybe some people worry that men’s desire for sexual variety will give men an excuse for cheating.” But, he said, learning about it helped him stay faithful. Buss said the man had previously interpreted his attraction to various women he encountered “as indications that maybe he didn’t love his wife any more. But after reading my book, he realized, ‘Oh, that’s my evolved desire for sexual variety; it doesn’t mean that I don’t love my wife.’”

The man’s revelation reflects what Buss sees as “two separate evolved systems”: one for love and one for lust.

“We become attracted to other people even if we’re in a loving mating relationship and fully in love with our partner.”

In other words, no, you shouldn’t feel bad about eyeballing the ladies. Focus on how much you love your wife and how, despite MMO — means, motive and opportunity — looking has yet to give way to a need, upon arriving home, to sit in your car feverishly working the hand sanitizer in hopes of getting the glitter-flecked spray tanner off your pants.

MEET JOE BLANK SCREEN I’m a woman in my late 20s. The guy I’m seeing is “not a phone person” and hates texting. Our time together is wonderful. However, he rarely texts except to make plans. I am used to frequent contact throughout the day via text with boyfriends. My friends say he should be texting every day, multiple times a day. I’m worried his lack of texts signals a lack of interest.

— Disturbed Technology was supposed to set us free, not dial back our personal autonomy to that of my late hamster. I didn’t have control over much when I was 8, but I loved how at any moment, I could go all kiddie Mussolini, pull Squeaky out of his cage, and make him turn tricks (uh...do somersaults on a pencil).

A smartphone makes constant communication possible; “it doesn’t mandate it,” I wrote in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck.” Your friends’ daily texting quotas aside, what might it mean that your boyfriend doesn’t spend his entire day texting you? Um...he has a job? He prefers to communicate in spokenword form, ideally in person? (See “not a phone person.”) Frankly, maybe he’s onto something, considering that so many text-versations, beyond the

constant attention-hijacking, are basically conversational iceberg lettuce, amounting to: “I’m still alive!”

“Yep, still alive here, too. LOL. LOL. LOL.” Chances are your guy shows he cares in a number of ways. Take stock of those. Still feel a little under loved?

Consider “the dependency paradox.”

Social psychologist Brooke Feeney, who coined the term, finds that in romantic relationships, the more an insecure partner sees they can count on the other to be responsive to their appeals for love and comforting, the less needy and clingy they end up being. (Ultimately, through repeated dependence comes independence.)

You might ask him to be more cuddly-touchy-affectionate with you, which, Feeney finds, helps insecure partners calm down and enjoy their relationship. Assuming he cares about you (as “Our time together is wonderful” suggests), it’s a relationship “task” he should enjoy. And though you’re used to texts from a boyfriend, demanding texts from a man who hates texting is to be avoided. It makes a girlfriend seem less like a girlfriend and more like Mussolini with boobs and a phone seem less like a phone and more like a cattle prod that delivers dings, cat memes and throw-up-face emojis.

GOT A PROBLEM? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2021, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter or visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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COURTESY OF DEL REY YACHT CLUB MEMBER MARGIE WOODS

I really appreciate the science you laid out showing that men instinctively look at women, even if they really love the woman they’re with. Maybe I should stop feeling a tad bad about looking at beautiful women and enjoying beauty? After all, my wife and I have been married 26 years, and I’ve never even kissed anyone else during that time. Admittedly, I’ve sometimes wanted to, and I’ve had opportunities. Thanks for a perspective that brings in science and isn’t the usual man-bashing that’s out there.

— Male Reader

Out to Sea Del Rey Yacht Club opens boating season with parade in Marina del Rey

By Kamala Kirk To celebrate the opening of boating season, Del Rey Yacht Club (DRYC) held a parade on March 13 that was compliant with Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 protocols.

“We are thrilled that 97 boats dressed for the celebration, this not only shows our members’ Corinthian spirit, but their readiness to hit the seas,” said Janet Bubar Rich, DRYC rear commodore.

Club members dressed their boats with flags for the celebration and 32 of them paraded through each Marina del Rey basin and the main channel. The parade was joined by Los Angeles County Fire Boat 110, the Los Angeles County Sheriff boat and the Los Angeles County Lifeguard boat.

“The Opening Day of boating season dates back to the 4th of July in 1895 when the Elliott Bay Yacht Club in the Pacific Northwest set out to have festivities that would culminate in a naval parade, much like the Opening Day boat parade we enjoyed here in the marina,” said Michael Rosenfeld, DRYC vice commodore.

As members paraded their boats, club members Joan Godfrey and Margie Woods took photos that were incorpo-

rated into a virtual Opening Day ceremony for members on March 14.

More than 300 club members participated in the ceremony via Zoom. The stream included videos of the club’s raising of the U.S. flag, its time-honored tradition of firing its cannon, and culminating with the raising of the DRYC burgee to signify the official opening of the boating season.

The music-filled celebration threaded photos from previous Opening Days, and several members, in addition to the club’s current commodores and directors, spoke at the Zoom ceremony. To prevent gatherings on club grounds, this year’s events did not include dignitaries from other yacht clubs or community guests.

“Being able to celebrate our Opening Day in a nontraditional manner shows our members that the boating spirit is very much alive and ready to enjoy,” said DRYC Commodore Bernie Glasser.

“We look forward to having a traditional Opening Day ceremony next year when we will invite other yacht clubs and guests to join us and share in one another’s enthusiasm for boating. We’ll hopefully be talking about masts, not masks!”

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Venice Beach street performing legend passes away from cancer different parts of the world. My dad loved every one of his children and grandchildren fiercely and we loved him right back. You will be forever embedded in our hearts. I’m so sad right now.”

A memorial service was held on March 28 for Hernandez on the Venice Beach boardwalk, where family members, friends and other street performers came to pay their respects and share their stories.

“Well-known by locals and well respected by other street performers, Perry managed to meld limbo dancing and glass walking into

an entertaining and comedic visual spectacle,” shared Michael Simpson, a friend of Hernandez’s.

“To say that he entertained thousands upon thousands would be an understatement. I became acquainted with Perry as a result of being one of his many spectators. Over the course of time, as I gradually got to know him and his history, that acquaintance morphed into friendship. I’m proud to have considered him my friend. He arguably possessed the biggest heart of the many street performers that inhabited the boardwalk over the years.”

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On March 22, Venice street performer Perry “Huba Huba” Hernandez passed away from prostate cancer.

Originally from Trinidad, Hernandez entertained visitors and tourists on the Venice Beach boardwalk for close to 40 years.

In a Facebook post, his daughter Andrea Hernandez said, “Today my dad crossed over to paradise. I want to celebrate his life and the strength he exhibited in his last days! God has been so awesome that he gave him one last birthday, which he spent in the company of his loved ones from

Perry “Huba Huba” Hernandez, a local fixture on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, passed away on March 22.

Vista Del Mar welcomes Karriann Farrell Hinds, Esq. to director role Charity Navigator rated organization.

“We are so excited to have Karriann join our Vista Family,” said Craig Prizant, Vista’s chief development and marketing officer. “She brings a wealth of experience to our agency and will help advocate tirelessly for our children, supporting initiatives that will have a positive impact on Vista’s community, short term and long.”

Hinds will work in alignment with Prizant, Vista CEO and president Lena Wilson, and the Government Relations Committee on the Board of Directors under the leadership of Laurie Konheim.

Hinds will develop and coordinate government relations and public affairs strategies, monitor legislative and regulatory issues, and analyze pending policy proposals and the impact on Vista’s care community.

She will also fortify significant relationships with local, state and

COURTESY OF VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services is proud to welcome Karriann Farrell Hinds, Esq. to the newly created position of director of government and strategic affairs.

Building on her multi-faceted career as an accomplished community leader, political appointee, successful attorney and passionate advocate for ensuring justice and equality for the underserved, Hinds will cultivate and champion new opportunities for the social service agency and those they serve.

For more than 100 years, Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services has cared for Los Angeles’ most vulnerable children, providing a range of exceptional programs in education, mental health, autism, adoption, residential care, prevention and early intervention. It is one of LA’s most prominent resources for children’s mental health and is a Four-Star

Karriann Farrell Hinds, Esq. was recently named Director of Government and Strategic Affairs by Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services.

federal governing bodies and representatives, including city, county and school districts, public officials and their staff, national thought leaders and key stakeholders in order to enhance Vista’s partnerships, image and public awareness.

“I’m proud to follow in the footsteps of my mentors and those who walked before and beside me, working boundlessly to give voice, dignity, purpose and meaning to those in the community, too often unseen and unheard,” Hinds said. “I look forward to expanding Vista’s presence locally and nationally, shining the light on their unique and exceptional mental health, education and wraparound support programs and services.

The need has never been greater; Vista’s leadership and comprehensive capabilities, never more critical.” vistadelmar.org

Brush Fire burns at Ballona Wetlands and Playa del Rey oil storage facility On March 23, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to a five-acre brush fire, which was first reported as a trash fire, at the Ballona Wetlands and Playa del Rey oil storage facility. It moved at a slow rate of speed under low wind conditions.

“A total of 54 firefighters battled through difficult access and heavy brush to extinguish the fire in two hours with no injuries reported,” said Erik Scott, captain and public information officer for LAFD. “Due to the swift work of Los Angeles firefighters, the fire was held to five acres, kept wholly

within the brush area at Ballona Creek.”

LAFD also provided water dropping helicopters and two hand crews to assist with the operation, Scott said. There were no injuries or structure damage reported.

Jonathan Coffin, a volunteer photographer for the Ballona Wetlands, was on site and assessed the damage of the fire. He said that the fire took place a quarter mile away from where RVs and camps are settled along Jefferson Boulevard and below the Playa del Rey Bluffs. He noted that the fire specifically didn’t take

place at the corner of 5701.S Lincoln Blvd., but inside the area, where a location can’t be easily communicated.

“I suspect after the smoke has cleared, the fire was human caused, as it usually always is and not a natural occurrence,” Coffin said.

The fire was also near the Playa del Rey oil storage field, Loyola Marymount University and Facebook’s Playa del Rey Campus. The Playa del Rey oil storage field, located in the Ballona Wetlands, has been a topic of controversy because residents are concerned

about a potential blowout occurring in the future. The oil storage field is owned by SoCalGas, the national’s largest natural gas distribution utility, which is being pressured by Culver City’s City Council and Los Angeles City councilmembers to close the facility as it is a threat to the surrounding area.

Following the brush fire, the burn area is being examined by arson investigators to determine the cause.

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Easter Fun From egg hunts to brunch cruises, check out these family-friendly offerings COURTESY OF HORNBLOWER CRUISES AND EVENTS

By Kamala Kirk Hippity Hop Egg Hunt at RUNWAY. On April 3, enjoy a hunt for over 1,200 eggs hidden throughout RUNWAY and find the golden eggs for special prizes.

Huzzah Toys and Micro Kickboards will have extra surprises in store, so be sure to stop by. After the egg hunt, there will be a storytime with the Easter Bunny.

RSVP required, bring your own baskets for filling. The egg hunt begins at 10 a.m. sharp, followed by the storytime at 10:30 a.m. runwayplayavista.com Easter Brunch Cruise. No matter the occasion, a two-hour Easter brunch cruise with Hornblower Cruises and Events in Marina del Rey is a nice way to celebrate on the water. Experience a plated brunch cruise and dine the day away with friends and family while soaking in the Marina del Rey skyline views. Semi-formal attire is encouraged.

Photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny will be available. Departs from Fisherman’s Village Marina. To purchase tickets, visit hornblower.com/marinaHornblower Cruises and Events is offering a two-hour Easter brunch del-rey/easter-brunch-cruises cruise in Marina del Rey that includes photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny.

Primo’s Easter Donuts. In honor of Easter, Primo’s Donuts, a family-owned LA staple since 1956, will serve an assortment of festive, pastel-colored donuts topped with pretty pearls and sprinkles along with coconut-covered “Easter Basket” donuts filled with jelly beans. Vegan options available via special order. Available through April 4.

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Terrazza at Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica will offer an Easter brunch with oceanfront views from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and a specialty Easter dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. on April 4. A to-go menu with select offerings will also be available via Tock for pick-up on Saturday and Sunday. hotelcasadelmar.com Easter Brunch & Bouquets. This Easter, Caravan Swim Club’s Baja brunch service will be accompanied by LA-based flower truck, Lenita by Grita, where guests can pick up crafted spring floral bouquets. The truck will be parked at Hotel June for the duration of brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. thehoteljune.com

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KEEPING SCORE Santa Monica composer Paul Bessenbacher creates music for film, TV and his band Opus Orange

PHOTOS BY LUIS CHAVEZ

Composer Paul Bessenbacher founded Opus Orange, his Santa Monica-based recording project, in 2010.

By Bridgette M. Redman After years of composing, performing, and scoring advertisements and films, Paul Bessenbacher is looking for one thing: resonance.

“When someone tells me that a song we made got them through something or it just resonated at a time when they needed it in their life, that person can make my world if they tell me that,” Bessenbacher said. “That is what I hope for when people hear our music — resonance.”

Just before the COVID-19 lockdowns, Bessenbacher and his Santa Monica-based record-

ing project, Opus Orange, released “Miles from Nowhere,” an album about isolation.

“We made ‘Miles from Nowhere’ on the theme of isolation before the pandemic,” Bessenbacher said. “We can’t ever foresee this stuff, but we released it in February, then March happened, and all of our lives changed.”

Learning to play

Much of Bessenbacher’s career has been a series of happy accidents and his willingness to follow wherever the music takes him.

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When he was 8, his father bought a piano for his mother as a Valentine’s Day gift. They then arranged for their children to have piano lessons. The music teacher was committed to encouraging her students to be creative and to not just learn the piano, but enjoy playing it.

Bessenbacher started creating music right away. The teacher held an annual composition contest for all her students and Bessenbacher wrote his first piece in C major. He fell in love with the beauty of the instrument and all that it was capable of.

“To this day, it’s still unfathom-

able — you have the whole range of sonic spectrum that we hear,” Bessenbacher said. “Not that I was thinking about this when I was 8. Playing these low notes when you cluster them together sounds like a weird rumble and the high notes are almost no tone and all percussive. Everything in the middle is what we know and are accustomed to; you have the full orchestra essentially at your fingertips within reach. It’s a fascinating and complex yet simple instrument.”

Bessenbacher’s love for the piano continued, and during his

junior and senior years of high school, he found himself going deep into performing — a mix of classical, jazz ensembles and quartets, and playing in rock and roll bands. As he began to consider college, he felt it time to make a choice.

“I wanted to learn the roots of music, so I went to school for a classical piano performance degree,” Bessenbacher said. “I wasn’t thinking about a career at that point. My parents were gracious and generous, allowing me to go to school for a degree that was an unlikely career path.

My goal was to learn the depths

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Settling into a career

After college, Bessenbacher started to pal around music studios in Chicago. It was in those spaces where he learned how to record, how microphones worked, and the engineering side of capturing and creating music.

According to Bessenbacher, composers can’t just write notes on a page. They have to know how to do everything from determining the notes to delivering an audio file to the customer.

“It’s not just writing,” Bessenbacher said. “It’s hiring players and recording them. It’s mixing, mastering and all of that stuff I didn’t learn in college, but I did learn after college palling around studios and figuring out how to work all those very necessary tools to have music as a career.”

Creating musical scores

In 2002, Bessenbacher moved to Los Angeles and settled down in Santa Monica the following year. He was eventually hired as an in-house composer for Emoto Music, a music production company that created music for advertising, film and television.

Bessenbacher began creating music for television shows such as “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” “Last Comic Standing” and “Bunk’d.”

He made music for advertisements and earned soundtrack credits for “Miss You Already,” “Prom” and “Humboldt County.”

Bessenbacher also composed for “My Indiana Muse”, “The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth – Dance Battle,” “Czappa” and “Red & Blue Marbles.”

“I fell in love with that art form and the speed and production of it,” Bessenbacher said. “Getting to work with LA session musicians, the best engineers, players and studios – it was really eye-opening.”

Bessenbacher said that advertising music lives in the 30- and 90-second world, and he came to love the pace and ability to tell a story with an emotional arc in that short framework.

“It was super fascinating and satisfying because it would happen fast,” Bessenbacher said.

“Ideas would be thrown around, you’d get players in the studio.

The clients would be suggesting things, you’d have to react to their suggestions and change and adapt. It was hyperfast in a high-adrenaline environment.

Then when it was done, you might have made something that

was collaborative.”

One of his early film soundtracks was “Mile…Mile & a Half,” a 2013 documentary about a group of artists that spend 25 days hiking the John Muir Trail from Yosemite down to Mount Whitney.

Bessenbacher and co-composer Bernard Chadwick joined the group for the final eight days of their hike, climbing to the summit. He brought a lightweight ukulele while Chadwick brought a toy glockenspiel.

“While we were hiking, we were writing with those simple instruments and banging on rocks and logs because we were out in nature,” Bessenbacher said.

Opus Orange is born

During his early days with Emoto Music, Bessenbacher had access to a large studio where he was able to bring in friends and make music.

Opus Orange became his “group” that was sometimes just him and sometimes a collective of musicians – a rotating door of his friends who got together based on when they were available and what they wanted to create.

The first recording under that name grew out of an outdoor trip.

Bessenbacher had gone camping with a friend who had brought a ukulele. At that time, he didn’t know how to play it, but by the end of the camping trip, he was determined to get one and learn.

“I was screwing around in the studio with it, trying to learn how to play and flail away at it,” Bessenbacher said. “While I’m figuring things out, I like to set up a microphone and capture what I play. That first Opus Orange EP is born of that — playing an instrument I didn’t know how to play, underthinking the production and sort of letting it go.”

Bessenbacher and his friends went on to create several EPs before Emoto Music moved to a smaller studio, eventually closing the studio as costs grew higher.

For a time, Bessenbacher’s spare bedroom became his studio. During the year and a half before COVID-19, he found his own studio, an old industrial space near Bergamot Station, where he can be as loud as he wants.

“It’s not like the professional fancy studio with the big, thick walls I had years before, but it’s a place that really inspired me to figure out how to create in these new environments,” Bessenbacher said. “Being in this other new

space has spawned another record we’re working on releasing. I love how environment can affect music creatively.”

He gave the example of one of Opus Orange’s releases called “Outside.” They recorded it in the woods in the Eastern Sierras, using solar power and entirely off the grid.

“I always want to be in the mode where I let things happen, where I’m open to adapting to them rather than forcing things to happen,” Bessenbacher said. “I want to follow the energy where it leads rather than dictate where I want things to go.”

Playing through a pandemic

Like most artists, the lockdown forced Bessenbacher to find new ways to connect with fellow musicians and audiences. There were no live shows and everyone was experimenting with livestreaming.

“Livestreaming became a way to play some songs,” Bessenbacher said. “I didn’t know if anyone would listen, but I was going to try to connect with people. I tapped into that energy and really enjoyed it for a bit.”

Then Bessenbacher started playing in his studio with a drummer friend that he’s been playing music with for 25 years.

He learned a new set of skills including microphone placement and compression, which enabled him to engineer the new record that they are preparing for release. Bessenbacher said it has more teeth than some of his other work because he was following wherever the energy took him.

“There were a lot of things to be upset about in 2020,” Bessenbacher said. “I felt tension and I try to allow those things to work through me and come out as it needs to come out.”

Soon, Bessenbacher wants to release his latest record. He said being an independent artist is tough without the support of a label and a management and PR firm.

“We’re just kind of yelling into the voice of social media and hoping somebody listens,” Bessenbacher said. “Best case scenario: I want a lot of people to have ears on it and enjoy it. But there are hundreds of millions of artists who are doing the same thing and screaming into the same void. It feels a little bit futile, but if we can reach the people who already know us and know the music and can have resonance — if they like the new one, that’s great.” opusorange.com

In December 2020, Opus Orange released ‘Miles from San Clemente,’ an EP about isolation that features reimagined versions of songs from the album ‘Miles from Nowhere.’

Bessenbacher has created music for television shows including ‘The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,’ in addition to film and soundtrack credits.

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Searching for Dreamers The Sam Francis Fellowship will send artists abroad COURTESY OF 18TH STREET ARTS CENTER & SAM FRANCIS FOUNDATION

The 18th Street Arts Center and the Sam Francis Foundation have created Call to Dream: The Sam Francis Fellowship, an ongoing artist residency exchange between Los Angeles, Tokyo, Mexico City and Paris.

By Bridgette M. Redman In the 1950s, painter and printmaker Sam Francis left Santa Monica to take up residency in Paris. Soon after, he established residences in Tokyo, Mexico City and numerous cities around the globe. These journeys helped shape Francis into an artist who dominated the Santa Monica artistic community while achieving international prominence.

Francis’ travels were inspirational to him. Recognizing that, the Sam Francis Foundation extends this legacy to other American artists, giving them a chance to travel abroad and develop their work.

The foundation reached out to Santa Monica’s 18th Street Arts Center, Southern California’s largest artist residency center that has hosted approximately 35 artists a year from around the world for the past 30 years.

Together, Sam Francis Foundation and 18th Street Arts Center created “Call to Dream,” an

ongoing residency program.

“It’s a huge, important visionary thing that the foundation has done — to choose to send American artists abroad,” said Jan Williamson, executive director of 18th Street Arts Center.

“I have been in the residency business for a long time. To have the foundation focus on this for the sake of the artists, for their own professional development, is very visionary and forward-thinking. It’s pretty amazing. Other countries send their artists abroad all the time, the United States not so much.”

Capturing Santa Monica’s stories

Tiana Williams is the program’s inaugural Sam Francis Media Fellow. She will help curate the oral histories found in the Sam Francis archives and contribute to 18th Street’s Cultural Mapping 90404 project.

Williams recently graduated

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from UC Davis, where she worked on oral history projects involving the prison system and COVID-19 pauses and hiatuses – two things that prepared her to tackle the project.

“They have more than 100 interviews already done,” Williams said. “I’ll be looking at that and finding these interesting threads, weaving them together to form a few short documentaries and the cultural mapping project they already have underway.”

The Cultural Mapping 90404 project has been in progress for five years. Sue Bell Yank, deputy director of 18th Street Arts Center, said the foundation has amazing gems about Santa Monica that they want to add to their map. The map is a collection of oral histories from cultural assets in Santa Monica that can include people, places, organizations or events.

“One real lack in the map are the artists recognizing the importance of Santa Monica to the development of the arts

scene and arts ecology,” Yank said. “I think because of gentrification, property values and the way the landscape has changed, there aren’t as many artists or art studios as there once were. That has moved farther east over time. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it really was an amazing place where a lot of artists that are the icons of LA made their work.”

Debra Burchett-Lere, director of the Sam Francis Foundation, said the foundation realized right after Francis died they needed to document as much as they could of his colleagues who were still alive. Many were in Santa Monica, but others were from all over the world.

“We realized there was quite a lot that would relate to the Santa Monica-specific history and the role of Santa Monica in the development of the LA area art region,” Burchett-Lere said.

“Sam lived in the Santa Monica Canyon, his main studio was on

Broadway and he had another studio in Venice.”

It’s the type of work that Yank said they are excited to have Williams delve into because they want to find ways to create narratives around the oral histories.

“That is why I think Tiana is fantastic,” Yank said. “She really specializes in that work and we’re excited to have her dig into that and tell those stories in a way that is really respectful of the history that was in Santa Monica.”

Williams said she has been digging deep into the history of a man that she knew little about before she applied for the fellowship.

“I really do appreciate and emphasize the partnership, and how 18th Arts Street Center is so dedicated to curating and maintaining these histories,” Williams said. “I think it’s wonderful. The partnership is really important because they are bringing out these hidden histories that many people

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Planning for artists to go overseas

For more information, visit 18thstreet.org and samfrancisfoundation.org

The 18th Street Arts Center will organize the exchanges between LA artists and artists with partner residency programs in each of the three cities with the goal of fostering cultural relationships.

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Williamson and Burchett-Lere are also paving the way for the artist residencies. BurchettLere said the foundation’s board wants to recreate their namesake’s experience for other artists.

“The experience of living and working in another environment and trying to learn the language just adds to your whole experience, and oftentimes, makes dramatic changes in your work,” Burchett-Lere said. “It affects your work on many levels as you become more attuned to how different people think in different cultures. You become an ambassador in many ways.”

When it came to finding a partner, Burchett-Lere said they wanted a connection with a Santa Monica-based organization to carry on Francis’ legacy and they knew that 18th Street Arts Center had a lot of experience with residencies.

The 18th Street Arts Center was eager to partner as it gave them the opportunity to expand their program and send people overseas.

“This is a particularly unique residency for us,” Williamson said. “The way we are structuring it is an American artist will go abroad to the host city and then an artist from that city will come to Santa Monica, so these two artists will form a relationship in each other’s home country, which deepens the possibility for collaboration, for an exchange of ideas, and for relationship building between artistic communities, because artists are part of a community where they live.”

Williamson said the arts ecology is very different in Paris, Tokyo and Mexico City, so they are taking their time in building long-term relationships with organizations in each host city and determining who the partners abroad will be. Both organizations have deep relationships in all the cities.

The partnership came at a time when the foundation was planning several other events, including an exhibition of Francis and his Japanese contemporaries that opens at LACMA this spring, other exhibitions in France coming up in the next

year, and a biography through UC Berkeley that will be published next October. They are also granting three scholarships to three schools.

“It just seemed to us that this was the time to develop the residency program if we’re going to do it because of the nature of the international exhibitions that are coming up,” Burchett-Lere said. “Those might be good opportunities to piggyback on those different projects and maybe allow for some possibilities for talks, symposiums or workshops in different cities. We wanted one other kind of larger project that we could focus on that would allow artists to travel.”

With so much of art focused on production or the end project, Williamson said that beauty of what the foundation is doing is that it emphasizes the artist’s professional development and what they need to do to become artists, and to develop their artistic sense and style.

“There is a big disconnect in our culture about where art comes from and who you help to foster its creation,” Williamson said. “It’s important to support individual artists as they have the special tools and natural inclination and skills to dream and imagine new futures that have never been imagined before. That’s what propels culture and society forward.”

It’s why the residency creates the ability for artists to move around, meet other people and become exposed to new ideas.

It offers artists an incubation period in which the focus is not on production.

“It makes us all stronger,” Williamson said. “It makes our society and our community stronger. It supports the unseen labor that people don’t recognize as a really important part of the creative process. They see the end project, the object or the collected works or the performance and they forget all of the thought and research that went into that.”

The first residency exchange kicks off in 2022 with the first artist going to Paris. The artist will be selected through a series of nominations with a panel of experts making the final decision.

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don’t know about. I’m excited to get down to the nitty-gritty.”

The program’s inaugural Sam Francis Media Fellow is Tiana Williams, a filmmaker, researcher and activist archivist who will contribute to 18th Street’s Cultural Asset Mapping project.

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84 English church 40 Matches, as a bet honorific 42 Stage backdrop 85 Furry friend 43 Gives a thumbs-up 87 WWI battle city 44 Raised

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The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Thursday April 08, 2021 at 1:00 pm on the premises where said property has been stored known as Stor-It Self Storage and located at 4068 Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, Ca. 90292, County of Los Angeles, State of California, the following:

2021 at 1:00 pm on the premises where said property has been stored known as Stor-It Self Storage and located at 4068 Del Rey Avenue, Marina Del Rey, Ca. 90292, County of Los Angeles, State of California, the following: Mary Jane Howroyd Karen Mcclain Brian Allaire KC Brown Dorothy A. Washington Eat The Ball USA Dorothy A. Washington Natalie Jackson Antonio Marin Gago Barry Thomas Kerry Snyder Dream Hammer Corp Christina Ranieri Heung P. Lau Sam Melamed Brad Haase Erica Arden Adela Cei M. Gloria Gowan Marketta Denise Smith Andrea Bass Claudia Gutierrez Donna Rabin

M. Gloria Gowan Marketta Denise Smith Andrea Bass Claudia Gutierrez Donna Rabin Purchases must be paid for at time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. The sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between Owner and the obligated party.

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O B I T U A R Y Purchases must be paid for at time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items are sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. The sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between Owner and the obligated party.

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Mary Jane Howroyd Karen Mcclain Brian Allaire KC Brown Dorothy A. Washington Eat The Ball USA Dorothy A. Washington Natalie Jackson Antonio Marin Gago Barry Thomas Kerry Snyder Dream Hammer Corp Christina Ranieri Heung P. Lau Sam Melamed Brad Haase Erica Arden Adela Cei M. Gloria Gowan Marketta Denise Smith Andrea Bass Claudia Gutierrez Donna Rabin

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Purchases must be paid for at time of purchase in cash Mr. Kikuji Asai, 102, aonly. long-time resident All purchased items are sold passed as is, where is and must of Mar Vista, California, away be removed at the time of sale.on The sale is subject to peacefully at his home February cancellation in the event of 22, 2021. Mr. Asai willsettlement be remembered between Owner and the obligated by those who knew and loved himparty. for

his love of life as wellAUCTIONEER: as his optimism, David Hester Auctioneer & Associates, generosity, and his infectious smile.

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Born on September 3, 1918 in PUBLISHED: The Argonaut Wakayama, Japan, Mr. Asai moved to Newspaper 03/25/21, Los Angeles in 1955 0with 4 / 0 1 his / 2 1 wife Kiyoko (who preceded him in death) and their four young children.

In 1965, the couple opened Mikasa, a popular Japanese restaurant on the border of West LA and Culver City that was a favorite to generations of locals.

Even in his final months, it was not uncommon for Mr. Asai to be approached on the street by past Mikasa customers who recognized him and would fondly reminisce about their memories of the restaurant’s delicious food, especially his legendary tempura.

He lived life to the fullest and especially enjoyed good food, travel and cheering on his beloved Dodgers as well as the Lakers and UCLA, too. His many hobbies included calligraphy, Shigin, and trips to the casino.

He is survived by his children: Nobuo Asai, Noriko (Paul) Thomas, Keiko Blanchard, and Emiko (Skip Purper) Asai; grandchildren (and great-grandchilPAGE 18 THE ARGONAUT APRIL 1, 2021

dren): Jennifer, Sherri (Madison, Claire,

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passing as he remained eternally youthful until the end of his eventful life. He would no doubt credit his longevity (which he described as “living life with a purpose”) to his being “unconditionally grateful” and positive. Every morning he said “thank you” twenty times out loud before rising from his bed and then stood looking into the bathroom mirror and saying to his reflection “Good morning, young man!”

A gravesite service will be held on Friday, April 9th at 2:00 pm at Inglewood Park Cemetery (720 E. Florence Ave. Inglewood, CA 90301). For information, please contact Nobuo Asai, (310) 592-5256.

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21SMCP00126 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of REBECCA KENDALL KNAPP, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Rebecca Kendall Knapp filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

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THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21SMCP00083 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of MEG CAROLINE REINIS, CODY JULES NEWMAN (Minor), for Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Meg Caroline Reinis filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Meg Reinis Newman to Meg Caroline Reinis b.) Cody Jules Newman to Cody Jules Reinis 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/7/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street, Room 102 Santa Monica, CA 90401-Santa Monica Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 1, 2021.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21NWCP00084 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JOANA MORALES, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Joana Morales filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Joana Morales to Joana Salas 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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Compiled by Kamala Kirk Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Get some exercise while taking in the beautiful views of LA’s Marina at the waterfront Burton Chace Park. The club is free to join and meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays year-round at the park.

Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey Healthy Spot Scavenger Hunt, 1 to 4 p.m.

Spring is here and RUNWAY Playa Vista has partnered with Healthy Spot to put on a fun-filled digital scavenger hunt including photo challenges, prizes and more. All ticket proceeds will be donated to Delaney’s Dog Rescue. Purchase tickets to receive instructions on how to play. Through April 4.

For more information visit runwayplayavista.com

Saturday, April 3 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 to shop at any one time. Held in parking lot 11 at 14101 Panay Way.

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From March 27 to April 4, RUNWAY Playa Vista has partnered with Healthy Spot to put on a fun-filled digital scavenger hunt including photo challenges, prizes and more.

More information is available at beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket Dockwalker Training, 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Through The Bay Foundation, this virtual workshop trains partners or collaborators to become Dockwalkers. Dockwalkers conduct boater education about environmentally-sound boating practices. Receive free educational materials to safely

distribute items to boaters at marinas, boat launch ramps and more. Dockwalkers’ efforts increase boater awareness about clean and safe boating, thus improving the recreation experience in California while helping to preserve its precious wildlife habitat and water quality!

To learn more and sign up, visit santamonicabay.org/events St. Mark Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The Venice Electric Light Parade meets every Sunday at sunset and brings together bike enthusiasts who love to light up their bikes and ride along the boardwalk.

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 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 Photos with the Easter Bunny, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hop on over to RUNWAY Playa Vista for outdoor, reservationbased photos with the Easter Bunny! Get your tickets online and head to Town Center Drive at the new spring photo installation.

RSVP online at runwayplayavista.com The Wave Silent Disco, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

This socially distanced event will feature a dynamic combination of silent disco and binaural beat meditation, all accompanied by live DJ Evan Frazer. Dance, liberate and celebrate to eclectic tunes with the sandy beach as your dance floor and the waves

and setting sun as your backdrop.

Bring a water bottle, extra warm layers and a mask. Tickets cost $25 to $35. Located by Lifeguard Tower 28 in Santa Monica. thewavemovement.com

Sunday, April 4 Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This vibrant, year-round market offers local produce, prepared foods, kids crafts and live events.

Located at 12198 Venice Blvd., Grand View at Venice Boulevard.

For more information, visit marvistafarmersmarket.org Santa Monica Main Street Farmers’ Market, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Shop for local fresh produce and prepared foods from local restaurants starting at 2640 Main Street. You can also enjoy musical entertainment from featured weekly bands, face painting, balloon designs, and if you catch it on the right week, a cooking demonstration featuring local produce.

Photos with the Easter Bunny, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

See previous event listing.

RSVP online at runwayplayavista.com Venice Electric Light Parade, 6 p.m.

Marcus Gladney created the Venice Electric Light Parade to bring together bike enthusiasts who love to light up their bikes and set out into the night along the beautiful Venice Beach boardwalk. The group meets every Sunday at sunset, at Windward Plaza on the boardwalk, down from the worldfamous Venice sign. Must have safety lights and wheel lights (not required to ride) will be available for purchase. As many as 100 people show up each Sunday night for a chance to join the community for a few hours of fun. Everyone welcome, all ages, all bikes.

For more information, visit facebook.com/ veniceelectriclightparade

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