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ON THE COVER: 79-year-old Culver City resident Sharon Kerson is a Legacy Runner who has participated in every LA Marathon since 1986. Credit: Chris Mortenson. Design by Arman Olivares.

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Coronavirus by the numbers and local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of November 6: Culver City: 2,991 (deaths 114); Del Rey: 41 (deaths one); El Segundo: 1,104 (deaths 10); Marina del Rey: 703 (deaths four); Mar Vista: 2,965 (deaths 37); Palms: 3,506 (deaths 66); Playa del Rey: 191 (deaths one); Playa Vista: 888 (deaths 12); Santa Monica: 6,855 (deaths 189); Venice: 2,782 (deaths 18); Westchester: 3,678 (deaths 58) Total Westside cases: 25,704 Total Westside deaths: 510

Total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,501,527 Total deaths in LA County: 26,740 Total new cases as of November 6: 1,647 Total new deaths: 25 Hospitalizations: 664 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): .99% Total number of people tested: 9,140,812 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

Letter on Ballona Wetlands Editor: Contrary to Ballona bulldozer defender and pseudo-restoration expert David Kay’s fiction fest in the October 7 Argonaut, most of the California taxpayers’ Ballona Wetlands is not buried in “unproductive weed-infested fill dirt” thus necessitating killing all the wildlife for 10 years, cutting off public access and bulldozing virtually the entire site for 10 years and spending virtually all of $200 million for a solution in search of a problem.

According to a report safeguarded by a local environmental library and accessible on the internet, 150 acres out of the state-owned 600-acre preserve is covered by clean marina mud. The land the state wants to spend the bulk of $200 million defiling is not damaged nor degraded at all, contrary to the state’s year 2011 lockeddoor archeo-geology report.

In fact, this undisturbed land was not filled in because it was an island surrounded by lower lying wetland soil. Why the details are kept secret, you may ask, when their conclusion is that all the Tongva cultural sites are junk? Because the methodology and basis for these cock-eyed conclusions is being challenged in court by several environmental groups!

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Serving Homeless Veterans

Westchester Elks Lodge receives $10,000 Focus Grant

By Kamala Kirk he Department of Veteran Affairs asked the Elks to focus on serving the homeless veterans in cities (Los Angeles is among the top eight) where the number of homeless veterans is the highest. The Elks then created the Focus Grant, a competitive $10,000 grant given to local lodges that want to provide a project addressing the veteran homeless issue.

“Lodge 2050 decided that we would work with U.S Vets – Inglewood, a longtime partner to our lodge in an area bordering Westchester,” said Fiona Engler, grant writer for Westchester Elks Lodge 2050. “Lodge 2050 has previously worked with U.S. Vets to offer quarterly dinners, as well as Welcome Home baskets; however, with this Focus Grant we will be able to expand our work into events that will bring our veterans out into the community and increase their social interaction with the Elks and other community members.”

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Westchester Elks Lodge 2050 recently received a Focus Grant and is organizing multiple events that will bring veterans out into the community and increase their social interaction with the Elks and other community members.

Through the Focus Grant, Engler said that Lodge 2050 will offer the following events to veterans: a day trip to Catalina Island, a sea going day fishing trip, and a day whale watching tour. In October, Lodge 2050 took their first trip with the U.S. Vets to Catalina, where the group of veterans and Elks spent the day on an Eco Tour of the island, a visit to the Veteran’s

Memorial on the island and time together in Avalon.

The second event that the Elks have arranged is a whale watching tour, as Santa Monica Bay is a passthrough for migrating grey whales and humpback whales.

The third event they will arrange is a day fishing trip out of the local marina with the Elks, and veterans will spend the day fishing in the

Pacific Ocean.

“Along with addressing the social needs of an expanded community for our transitional and permanently housed veterans and families, Lodge 2050 will also be supporting U.S. Vets’ Homeless Outreach teams,” Engler said.

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Contemporary Style Without Fuss Fernish makes moving and redecorating easy

By Nicole Borgenicht n the millennial climate of moving and contract jobs, remote work, and homestasis during the pandemic, thriving company Fernish resolves issues. Fernish limits waste from furniture that’s had its day or does not move well and reduces moving expenses and anxiety.

It all began with two friends who knew they could build a successful business together and both had been through multiple location changes. Palms resident Michael Barlow and cofounder Lucas Dickey have answered the prayers to many a moving nightmare.

“Michael originally came to me in Summer 2017 with this crazy idea,” Dickey said. “His girlfriend (and now wife), Denise, had just gone through a terrible moving and furniture experience after graduating from business school and having to quickly move to Los Angeles.

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great furniture from CB2 and West Elm at the beginning of her two-year school program, but couldn’t give the furniture away fast enough — let alone sell it fast enough — to fit her moving needs.

Combine Denise’s experience with Michael’s five moves in six years while he was at JPMorgan in Manhattan, and Michael and Denise had a simple takeaway after that: ‘Why does moving need to be so hard? And why do we buy and own furniture when we’re moving so frequently, and we don’t own anything else? We don’t own our homes, our cars, and many other things we’re subscribing to experience but not own.’ Given I had moved 10 times in 12 years post-undergrad, I, too, understand this pain very viscerally. And that’s after I moved all of my life as a military brat.”

Dickey and Barlow had worked at Atom Tickets together where Dickey was the principal product manager and Barlow ran

investor relations and corporate development. Recognizing each other’s talents, they knew they would create a complementary business framework.

“Given Michael and the idea, I was in,” Dickey said. “Michael serves as CEO, and I took on the role of chief product officer.

Michael initially owned all things outside of the software side of the house — marketing, sales, operations/logistics, finance — and I took on product management, software engineering, UX design and the like.

We quickly moved to hire people much more capable than ourselves that were steeped in years of subject matter experience, like our eventual president and COO hire, Kristin Smith, who has more than two decades of experience in supply chain, logistics, P&L ownership, general management and more across Amazon, Dell, Zulily, Dolly, and others. We wanted to hire heavy hitters so we could build the optimal company for

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are millennials, they also work with residential companies who have the similar goal of providing a positive lifestyle experience.

“The bulk of our customers are millennials and Gen Z’ers, but we also have quite a few customers who are in their 40s, 50s and 60s who are using Fernish to fill a new home they might have just bought until they figure out their “forever pieces’’, folks going through divorces, or folks downsizing homes as they move into smaller places as they go into retirement phases,” Dickey said.

“The other ‘channel’ would be our deep relationship with multi-family residential owners and operators (think Essex, AvalonBay, UDR, or here in LA folks like CLG and Aimco).

Like us, they want to make sure their residents have a great experience when turning an apartment into a home, and we help fulfill that goal.”

Staying up to date with the trends and contemporary style, Barlow shared they hired a team who discover furniture their customers “love.” Barlow said, “When it comes to sustainabil-

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helping all of our customers to effortlessly make their house a home.”

Only four years since forming the company, Dickey and Barlow started in a small LA-based warehouse space.

Fernish is now nationwide for home, office and business venues.

“Since then, we’re now live in the valley north of LA to south of San Diego (and everywhere in between), plus Seattle/ Tacoma, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and more to come,” Dickey said. “We continued to grow and thrive during the pandemic given peoples’ appetites for nesting, making a better home since they were spending so much time there as of late, needing work-fromhome spaces, and even doing more to set up their backyard lounge and patio setup. We also expanded our services since then to offer not just furniture subscriptions, but also traditional retail for some items — giving our customers the opportunity to decide how they want to experience their furniture.”

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Fernish, which has saved consumers $20 million on furniture purchasing in 2020 alone, is reducing the stress, time, carbon footprint and expenses that it takes to move and furnish a home. ity, we specifically look for furniture that has a “modular” design, meaning pieces can be swapped out if they’re damaged or dirty. Not only is this great for customers, but it’s also great for the environment because we can keep furniture in circulation instead of throwing it away after one customer’s use.”

Back to being problem solvers, Barlow shared some additional ways that Fernish improves lifestyle balance.

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“We help solve a problem that so many people have: dealing with furniture is painful... it’s expensive, assembling it is awful, and no one wants to be stuck with it when they move from one place to another,” Barlow said. “And now with the supply chain the way it is, it can take forever for your furniture to arrive. Our goal is to solve all these pain points. We deliver and assemble everything for you in as little as seven days, you

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Running the World Sharon Kerson celebrates LA Marathon legacy

Sharon Kerson is a Culver City resident and 79-year-old grandmother who is part of an elite group of runners known as Legacy Runners who have participated in every single LA Marathon since its inception in 1986.

By Michele Robinson haron Kerson is a 79-year-old grandmother who hasn’t stopped running since the first Los Angeles Marathon, which she said is what inspired her to run.

“If LA didn’t have a marathon, I would have never run,” Kerson said.

Kerson is part of an elite group of runners known as Legacy Runners. A Legacy Runner is someone who has participated in every single LA Marathon since its inception in 1986. The number of Legacy Runners dwindles annually.

This year, only 127 runners (15 who are women) are registered to compete in the upcoming marathon.

On Nov. 7, Kerson ran her 36th LA Marathon, which featured a new finish line on the Avenue of Stars in Century City. In order to prepare for this event and others, she

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trained every day for an hour.

“I finished the marathon in over nine hours,” Kerson said.

“I am still a Legacy Runner. It was a tough marathon for me, but I finished. This was my 581st marathon.”

As a longtime Culver City resident since 1975, Kerson is a familiar figure in her neighborhood.

“I run every morning for about an hour up and down side streets in Culver City and on the weekends at West Los Angeles College, by myself,” Kerson said. “I listen to Ryan Seacrest and Top 40 on the weekends. I really enjoy that. It helps me run.”

For years, the native New Yorker has been seen running through the streets of Culver City. To prepare for her first marathon, Kerson ran the West LA College track. Looking back at her first marathon, Kerson said it only took her

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five hours to complete.

“The most amazing thing in the world to me is that I finished,” she said.

Nowadays, Kerson has to walk to finish the marathon, taking around eight hours instead of the five hours in her early days.

When asked for advice on when the best time to start running is, she shared, “Start when you are young. Time doesn’t matter, just do it. The older I get, the harder it gets. It’s not easy.”

What is most remarkable about Kerson is that the LA Marathon is only one of the marathons that she participates in. Running has taken her all over the world. Kerson has completed 579 full marathons and is aiming to finish 600 before “retiring.” She has run six times in every state in this country and is working on her 7th time around, just 14 states shy to complete that goal.

Additionally, Kerson has run

in 15 countries, all of the Canadian Provinces and Australia. She has competed on all seven continents and is only missing Africa and Antarctica for her second time around the continents. She doesn’t even count how many half marathons she has finished.

Kerson is currently planning a trip to El Salvador in June, a country she has never been to before. With all of her world adventures, one cannot help wondering what came first - the marathon or the travel?

“Definitely the marathon and then the travel,” Kerson said.

“Running and traveling are great ways to see the world. It’s fun meeting people and traveling, it’s great.”

Kerson’s favorite marathon is in St. George, Utah. She has completed that marathon 17 times. What she loves most about that marathon is the downhill course and staying in

the cute little town that hosts the event.

Her second favorite place to run a marathon is in Australia.

She enjoys visiting Melbourne and Sydney, and it’s the first country she will go back to once the COVID restrictions are lifted.

“I love Australia, I have run in all territories and states,” Kerson said. “It’s a great experience. I have met people I am still in touch with.”

Antarctica was at the bottom of Kerson’s list and is the only place she has no desire to return to. In order to get to Antarctica, she had to endure a hazardous two-hour flight from Chile in February 2015, which is their summer.

“It was crazy,” Kerson said.

“The weather conditions were bad, there was a blizzard, storms, and it was 33 degrees.

It was an adventure. It took 11 hours to complete.”

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Kerson has run in 15 countries, completed 579 full marathons and is aiming to finish 600 before retiring.

Running has enriched Kerson’s life by enabling her to make friends all over the world and inspire youth. From 1989 to 2002, she trained students as part of a volunteer group through LAUSD called Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA). Students helped each other and were brought

together by a mutual goal of completing a marathon. The program inspires students to achieve academic success through this life-changing experience; if they can finish a marathon, they can graduate from high school.

“The world is a better place through sports,” Kerson said.

Kerson’s enthusiasm and dedication to her sport are motivational for everyone. Her advice is: “80 percent is showing up and the other 20 percent is physical. When I run, a lot of people stop me and they say I am an inspiration.

They tell me, ‘I hope I can run when I am your age.’”

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Activating LA

Dance company explodes into non-traditional spaces

By Bridgette M. Redman ance isn’t limited to a stage or a hall or a conventional performance space. At least, not for Jacob Jonas The Company (JJTC).

They’ve been out activating Los Angeles by bringing their new dance numbers to non-traditional spaces around the region. On Nov. 12 and 13, they’re coming to Santa Monica’s Water Garden with a piece they developed during the pandemic, “At Work.”

Artistic director and founder Jacob Jonas said he started a conversation six months ago with JP Morgan about news ways to bring performing arts to corporate campuses.

“For me, ‘At Work’ is about how the performing arts and arts in general (function),” Jonas said.

“The assumption from society was that they stopped working during the pandemic, but for us, we were always at work. The hunger and the drive to keep working was there even though we weren’t being acknowledged.”

JP Morgan manages the Water Garden, described as the premiere tech hub of the westside, an outdoor garden oasis where JJTC dancers and a group of musicians will take the stage. The company also owns Century Park in Century City where the dance company premiered “At Work” in early October.

They had 400 to 500 people each night, people who were enthusiastic about experiencing dance where there had never been a dance concert before. “At Work” was accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra with a new composition by Steve Hackman.

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On Nov. 12 and 13, Jacob Jonas The Company is bringing its boundless energy and visceral storytelling performance style to Water Garden Santa Monica, an outdoor garden oasis at the premier tech hub of the Westside.

As part of Activate LA, which is presented in association with the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, JJTC presents “At Work” with live music composed by Steve Hackman, an LA-based composer, conductor and producer who has worked with Kanye West and orchestras including San Francisco and Seattle.

dancers on stage, but 16 musicians playing live,” Jonas said.

“It was an exciting interaction and experience between the audience and the artists.”

Those two locations bookended the Activate LA series that is a partnership between the dance company and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Other shows were at the Sepulveda Dam, Greg Lauren LA Fashion Week, and on a rooftop in downtown LA where they premiered “Juxtapose.”

Their goal is to bring live dance back by performing in open-air spaces that allow them to perform their signature, energetic dance style that mixes contemporary ballet with breakdancing and acrobatic movement.

“Prior to the pandemic, we were always interested in performing in non-traditional spaces,” Jonas

months creating their work.

“We did it there because it was outdoors and all the dance studios were closed,” Jonas said.

The Water Garden is a corporate campus, a place where people work 9 to 5 in tech, finance or business, which is why it is such a good place to perform “At Work.” Jonas is glad that he can place it in a corporate environment where they can take advantage of such things as fluorescent tubes, which they try to imitate in their lighting design.

He also said that by having these experiences outdoors, people can feel safe, not have to wear a mask and breathe fresh air. He expects there will be great weather for the performances.

His hope is that Santa Monicans will greet the show with the same enthusiasm as they were met with in Century City.

said. “We’ve done works around LA in theaters and self-produced in outdoor theaters. During the pandemic, we just had the motivation to share art coming out of this time and produce it in new ways to activate spaces and bring audiences back to the live arts.”

He said they worked with different partners to find ways to transform such spaces as rooftops and gardens.

“The whole initiative is to activate LA, to bring work to spaces that don’t traditionally have performing arts,” Jonas said.

Jonas said they did a lot of work during the pandemic to create these different dances. While some of their physical processes were halted and they weren’t performing much on stage, they were meeting at the basin near the dam twice a week for many

Jonas founded JJTC in 2014 as a 21-year-old who wanted to tell his own story. He was born and raised in LA. “This city has informed me growing up to finding dance and being around the ocean, the desert and the mountains.” Jonas said. “There were few others that were combining styles and telling stories the way I wanted to do.”

What: “At Work” dance performance Who: Jacob Jonas the Company When: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 12 & 13 Where: Water Garden, 1620 26th St., Santa Monica Tickets: 2 tickets $100, 4 tickets $160, 8 tickets $280 Lawn seating, bring your own blanket jacobjonas.com/watergarden

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Little Galaxies

Venice Beach psych-rock band’s latest album inspired by car accident

By Nicole Borgenicht ittle Galaxies is a band that was founded in Venice Beach by Jeanna Fournier and Amir Eshraghi. After one gig at the Roxy together, they fell in love, wrote on the beach and played their music around Venice, establishing Little Galaxies in 2013.

Their cosmic sound developed early on with Brian Sumwait on drums and Adam Yasmin on bass for their first album “Patterns.”

“We’ve since had some exceptional musicians join us in different formations over the years for shows up and down the West Coast and to Austin, and after taking a hiatus following our first album due to a car accident I was involved in,” Fournier said.

Little Galaxies includes bass player Andreas Sandness and drummer Lucas Crouch. Sejo Navajas is the engineer and “producer-extraordinaire” for the group’s latest album, “One with the Waking Sea.” Fournier and Eshraghi are cowriters, coproducers and both play guitar. They often write the music and Fournier writes her lyrics with a positive slant.

“Our latest album, ‘One with the Waking Sea,’ was mostly inspired by a car accident that happened five years ago, so I think the themes and sound are a little heavier than when we were starting out, but the lyrics still serve to inspire,” Fournier said. “It’s a bit more rock infused, while still bringing in our influences of folk, pop and soul.”

Yet a cosmic sound penetrates the vocal pitch steadiness Fournier shared is through Eshraghi’s theremin solo, vocoder performance and pedalboard effects.

Before the pandemic, they were part of the Westside Revival music scene playing gigs, but the pandemic and rental costs drove many people away.

Fournier continues to love the area.

“There’s also something about the vibe here in Venice and the Westside that we identify with,” Fournier said. “The audience just wants to enjoy the music

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Little Galaxies is an alternative Venice Beach band formed by Jeanne Fournier and Amir Eshraghi that includes Andreas Sandnes on bass and Lucas Crouch on drums. and have a good time. We feel that musicians and the people of the Westside deserve a music scene and it’s up to all of us bands here to do what we can to help keep that alive.”

“One with the Waking Sea” was inspired by a traumatic experience Fournier endured. Her graceful and expressive vocals have a soothing and healing sound, tantamount for universal resuscitation of shock or stressful situations.

“In December 2014, I was driving down Main Street in Venice and a truck pulled in front of me from a parking lot without looking,” Fournier said. “My SUV was totaled, and I was told that it flipped 8 to 10 feet in the air before spinning 100 feet down the road and landing on its tires. Chronic pain from injuries to my neck, shoulder and arm, in addition to PTSD, forced me to take a break from music. We had only been active for a little over a year at that point and not having a way to express myself through

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Fournier feels that Eshraghi experienced the trauma by being at her side and was able to translate the theme “with the power of love and the universe.”

Many songs for “One with the Waking Sea” were written while undergoing the

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Verdi Chorus salutes return to live music with dynamic concert

By Bridgette M. Redman he Verdi Chorus celebrates a return to live performance not with their usual themed program, but with a collection of music that founding artistic director Anne Marie Ketchum really loves — pieces that she wanted to work on and some having to do with what everyone has been through since the chorus last performed live.

The chorus, which focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera choruses, will perform their fall concert, “Ritorna Vincitori!” on Nov. 13 and 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica. Now in their 38th season, the Verdi Chorus will perform selections from Verdi’s “Aida,” Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” Boito’s “Mefistofele,” Bizet’s “Carmen,” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.”

The concert will open with the grand march from “Aida,” created by the composer from which they draw their name.

“I wanted to start with a bang — opera is back,” Ketchum said.

They will then move to several other pieces from “Aida,” including a prayer and the ending scene where Aida and Radames are locked in a tomb, something Ketchum described as a gorgeous Verdi melody.

Recognizing that so many people have had losses in this past year, she then chose to do a set which is a reflective, meditative moment.

“It’s just to kind of remember what has been lost in terms of everything — in terms of lives, in terms of personal connection, in terms of money — people have lost their livelihoods. It has been difficult in so many ways,” Ketchum said. “So many people have felt this in pretty profound ways.”

They’ll do a “Dido and Aeneas” piece, the very last chorus from Purcell. Dido has passed and she’s lying with all her friends and court around her. They invite the angels to come surround her. Then the chorus will segue into the humming chorus from “Madame Butterfly.”

“Those two pieces are in the same key,” Ketchum said. “One is from a very early period and one from a Romantic period.

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Led by founding artistic director Anne Marie Ketchum, the Verdi Chorus will perform their fall concert, “Ritorna Vincitori!” on Nov. 13 and 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica.

They fit together so beautifully.

They are both quiet, reflective and thoughtful. It’s sort of my way of doing a moment of silence, but instead a moment of beautiful opera.”

They’ll close the first half with a set from Boito’s “Mefistofele.” Boito was a contemporary of Verdi, someone who was a librettist for several of Verdi’s operas. He also wrote his own opera on the story of Faust. The chorus will be performing the witches’ chorus, which Ketchum described as being a very wild piece, having a million words and a lot of nonsense. They will then close with the final number in the opera.

“All of the voices of humanity come together in the last scene in this one glorious melody and then end on a unison — a very powerful unison overcoming the evil of Mefistofele,” Ketchum said. “It seemed to be exactly the right thing to say.

That’s what we’re doing all over the world. We’re figuring this thing out and how to overcome it and we’re succeeding. I found it to be really meaningful and powerful.”

The second half opens with several excerpts from “Carmen” for two reasons. One, Ketchum asks how can you not love all

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that music from “Carmen?” And two, because she had the perfect soloist.

“Audrey Babcock is the perfect soloist, a mezzo soprano,” Ketchum said. “She’s known for her ‘Carmen.’ She’s a wild one. She has this glorious voice and is all over the place.”

They will end with ‘Toreador,’ which Ketchum described as fun and marvelous theater.

“That will be sung by Roberto Gomez, our baritone,” Ketchum said. “I don’t think anyone sings it quite like him.”

Program features four guest soloists The Verdi chorus welcomes soloists who can provide those memorable solo moments from opera. The soloists for this concert are soprano Shana Blake Hill, Babcock, tenor Alex Boyer and Gomez. Hill has sung with the Verdi Chorus many times.

“She sings all over the place, but she is perfect for this repertoire,” Ketchum said.

“She’s a wonderful singer. She’s a deep thinker. She’s a writer — she just wrote a historical book about her great-great grandfather who was a black physician that changed the way of black medicine. She’s an

interesting character, but sings absolutely gorgeously.”

Babcock is an award-winning mezzo soprano who has been gaining attention for her commanding, powerful performances as Carmen and her dark, hypnotic portrayals of Maddalena in “Rigoletto.”

Boyer is somewhat new to Ketchum, but she described him as having a big, gorgeous voice and being a wonderful actor.

“I’m really excited to have Alex because he does the great clown’s aria from Vespucci,” Ketchum said. “It’s very strong and there aren’t that many who can do it so I can’t program it often. It’s a great opportunity to have Alex here to do that.”

Gomez has more than 100 roles to his credit and has sung all over the United States.

“He’s one of my favorites,” Ketchum said. “He’s a wonderful actor and has a great voice who can do all kinds of things.”

All four of them have become friends of Ketchum’s, which is one reason she wanted them to perform in their first concert back after the pandemic shutdowns.

“When you work with people, you get to know them,” Ketchum said. “They’re all major talents and for this concert, I really wanted to hire people that

I love. Making music with someone you really care about is pretty special.”

Chorus feels a sense of returning to normal During the pandemic, the chorus had Zoom meetings every Monday night to work on music together. Ketchum said that while it was great to be able to still do that and nearly the entire chorus stayed with it the whole time because they needed the music and to see each other’s faces, it wasn’t the same as being together in person.

“When we finally got together for the first rehearsal, there was just this deep joy,” Ketchum said. “I can hear someone and meld my voice with this one and that one across the room.

There’s nothing like it really.”

She said now that rehearsals have progressed and they’ve settled in, they’ve started feeling like normal again — they’re back and they’re comfortable. Everyone is still wearing masks, but rehearsals go as they have always gone.

“I run a pretty fast and challenging rehearsal, and everyone is really concentrating and having a great time,” Ketchum said. “There is a lot of laughter. It’s back and we’re

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Shana Blake Hill.

Audrey Babcock.

Roberto Perlas Gómez.

Alex Boyer.

doing what we do, feeling kind of normal.”

come away thinking about the chorus? Probably not that much. We can focus on this other aspect and bring soloists in to join us. It’s a great way to see opera in a new way.”

She said it has been a wonderful gateway for people who are not as familiar with opera.

Many people have told her that the Verdi Chorus introduced them to opera and they became big fans.

Ketchum repeatedly used the phrase “It’s back,” expressing her excitement about once again being able to perform live.

“Going to a live concert is so different from listening to

music on YouTube or recordings, you just can’t compare the two,” Ketchum said. “You’re in a room with lots of other people and the sound is being recreated right now, moment to moment.

It’s very different. You see it.

You feel it.”

She pointed out that people experience live music in three ways: Intellectually, because they hear the music and compare melodies, they hear the words and understand them or focus on them in different ways. Emotionally, because it affects them whether it is silly, funny, deep, profound or about love and they connect it to their own lives. Physically, because

when they’re in the room, the sound gets really powerful.

They can hear the vibrations in their chest. It goes through their ears and it affects how they feel it physically.

Verdi Chorus offers something unique to audiences Ketchum pointed out that what the Verdi Chorus does is different from other opera companies who put on the full story with music, singing, orchestra, sets and costumes.

“What we are doing is focusing on a certain aspect of opera,” Ketchum said. “We’re doing excerpts. Normally when you go to opera, you come away remembering an aria or tenor or soprano. But do you

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“We’re just having a really beautiful time with it,” Ketchum said.

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THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY Joint Venture. The date 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. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: J. Latter Design LLC, Julie Goldman.

TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 5, 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: 10/28/21, 11/04/21, 11/11/21, 11/18/21

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: 10/28/21, 11/04/21, 11/11/21, 11/18/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021227146 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POPULUSS. 800 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA 90290. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) New Rising Sun LLC, 800 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA 90290. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date 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.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Joseph Recsnik .

TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: New Rising Sun LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 19, 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: 11/11/21, 11/18/21, 11/25/21, 12/02/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021220505 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LANGHE CUCINA LLC. 16711 Hawthorne Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90260. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) LANGHE CUCINA LLC, 16711 Hawthorne Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90260. State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCAMENDMENT TED BY a Limited Liability ComORDER TO SHOW CAUSE pany. The date registrant commenced to transact business unFOR CHANGE OF NAME der the fictitious business name or Case No. 21TRCP00366 names listed above on: 08/2021. I S UPERIOR COURT OF declare that all information in this CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF statement is true and correct. (A LOS ANGELES. Petition of registrant who declares as true

BY AND THRU HIS GUARDany material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business IAN ADLITEM OCTAVIO and Professions Code that the reAND MARIANA SALAS, for gistrant know to be false is guilty Change of Name. TO ALL of a misdemeanor punishable by a INTERESTED PERSONS: fine not to exceed one thousand 1.) Petitioner: Octavio ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) . d o l l a r s Brandon Salas III by and thru REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Pierpaolo Mattei. TITLE: Presidhis guardian adlitem Mariana ent, Corp or LLC Name: LANGHE and Octavio Salas filed a peCUCINA LLC. This statement was tition with this court for a defiled with the LA County Clerk on: cree changing names as folOctober 07, 2021. NOTICE – in a.) Octavio Brandon lows: accordance with subdivision (a) of Salas III to Brandon Octavio Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the Salas III 2.) THE COURT end of five years from the date on ORDERS that all persons inwhich it was filed in the office of terested in this matter apthe county clerk, except, as pear before this court at the provided in subdivision (b) of Sechearing indicated below to tion 17920, where it expires 40 show cause, if any, why the days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursupetition for change of name ant to Section 17913 other than a should not be granted. Any change in the residence address person objecting to the name of a registered owner. a new Fictichanges described above tious Business Name statement must file a written objection must be filed before the expiration. that includes the reasons for The filing of this statement does PAGE 20 authorize THE ARGONAUT NOVEMBER 11,least 2021two not of itself the use in the objection at this state of a fictitious business court days before the matter name in violation of the rights of is scheduled to be heard and another under federal, state, or

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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: 12/17/2021. Time: 9:00 AM. Dept.: M. The address of the court is 825 Maple Ave., Torrance, CA 90503-Torrance 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: November 02, 2021. Deirdre Hill, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 11/04/21, 11/11/21, 11/18/21, 11/25/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21SMCP00632 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of CHANDNI SINGH, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Chandni Singh filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Chandni Singh to Chandni Singh Gallagher 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: 01/21/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401Santa 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: November 03, 2021.

Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 11/11/21, 11/18/21, 11/25/21, 12/02/21

Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 21STCV22037 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH, an individual; and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive; YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): IMPACT NETWORKING, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company; and IMPACT LA, 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.

Liability Company; and IMPACT LA, 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 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 de 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, county of Los Angeles, Central Division,

help/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, county of Los Angeles, Central Division, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 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): Robert L. Rosenthal 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 ; Tel: (702) 257-1483 DATE (Fecha): June 14, 2021; Sherri R. Carter, Clerk (Secretario), by C. Monroe, Deputy (Adjunto) SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE Case No.: 21STCV22037 IMPACT NETWORKING, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company; and IMPACT LA, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, vs.

Plaintiffs, HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH, an individual; and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; DOES 1 through 10, 17 inclusive, Defendants.

COMPLAINT FOR: 1.

BREACH OF DUTY OF LOYALTY 2. UNFAIR COMPETITION (Cal. Bus. & Prof.

Code§ 17200 et seq.) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Plaintiffs, IMPACT NETWORKING, LLC and IMPACT LA, LLC, for its Complaint against Defendants HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, alleges as follows: 1. THE PARTIES Plaintiff, Impact Networking, LLC ("Impact Networking"), is an Illinois Limited Liability Company, which at all relevant times, has been duly licensed to conduct business in the State of California, and has had an office in Los Angeles County, California.

2. Plaintiff, Impact LA, LLC ("Impact LA"), is a California Limited Liability Company duly licensed to conduct business in California, has an office in Los Angeles County, California, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of lmpact Networking. (Collectively, Impact Networking and Impact LA shall be referred to herein as "Impact".)

3. Defendant Hazel Imogen Ralph ("Ralph) is an individual residing in Los Angeles County, California.

4. Defendant, Hello Hazie, LLC ("Hello Hazie") is a California Limited Liability 5 Company located in Los Angeles County, California.

5. The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate or otherwise, of the defendants Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them, are unknown to Plaintiffs, who therefore sue said Defendants by said fictitious names. When the identities and capacities of Does 1 through 10, 9 inclusive, become known to Plaintiffs, they will amend their Complaint. The term "Defendants," as 1 O used herein, shall include each of said fictitiously named Defendants, Ralph and Hello Hazie.

JURISDICTION 6. This Court has jurisdiction

"Defendants," as 1 O used herein, shall include each of said fictitiously named Defendants, Ralph and Hello Hazie.

JURISDICTION 6. This Court has jurisdiction over all causes of action asserted in this Complaint pursuant 13 to the California Constitution, Article VI, Section 10, California Business & Professions Code § 17204, 14 and California Code of Civil Procedure§ 410.10, by virtue of the fact that this is a civil action wherein 15 the matter in controversy, exclusive of interest, exceeds $25,000, and because this case is a cause not 16 given by statute to other trial courts.

7. Venue is proper in Los Angeles County under California Code of Civil Procedure § 395 18 because: (a) Defendant resides in Los Angeles County, California; (b) one or more of the acts, breaches, and other wrongful conduct giving rise to the causes of action asserted occurred or was to be performed in Los Angeles County, California; and (c) the obligations to be performed by Ralph at issue in this Complaint were to be performed in Los Angeles County, California.

GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 8. Impact own and operate integrated business technology companies that provide information technology services to individuals and businesses that include such things as website design, product design, cybersecurity, process optimization, marketing, and print services.

9. On April 23, 2018, Ralph began working as a Senior Art Director for Impact Networking at its office in Lake Forest, Illinois, and was paid an initial annual salary of $85,000, plus benefits.

10. On December 2, 2019, Impact Networking promoted Ralph to Associate Creative 3 Director, and her annual salary was increased to $105,000, plus benefits .

11. In or around August 2020, Ralph agreed to relocate from Lake Forest, Illinois to Los 5 Angeles, California and to work for Impact as Creative Director at its office in Los Angeles at an annual 6 salary of $131,250, plus benefits.

12. As part of Impact's and Ralph's agreement to relocate to Los Angeles, California, 8 Impact paid for Ralph's moving expenses in the amount of $5,996.72.

13. On August 10, 2020, Ralph officially began working as Creative Director at Impact's Los Angeles office.

14. As Creative Director, Ralph worked directly with Impact's customers to design their websites and products, and to create their advertisements, logos and branding.

15. On April 27, 2021, Ralph voluntarily resigned from Impact.

16. In or around May 2021, Impact discovered that, from at least November 20, 2020 until April 27, 2021, Ralph had owned and operated her own business, Hello Hazie, which directly competed with Impact.

17. Ralph never advised Impact, either during or after her employment at Impact, that she owned and operated a competing business.

18. Ralph never advised Impact, either during or after her employment at Impact, that she owned and operated Hello Hazie.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Breach of the Duty of Loyalty (Against Ralph) 19. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Breach of the Duty of Loyalty (Against Ralph) 19. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

20. An employer has the right to the undivided loyalty of its employees. The duty of loyalty is breached and may give rise to a tort cause of action on behalf of the employer when the employee 27 takes action inimical to the employer's best interests.

See Stokes v. Dole Nut Co. (1995) 41 Cal.App.4th 28 285; Service Employees International Union, Local 250 v. Colcord (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 362.

21. As a trusted employee of lmpact, Ralph owed Impact a duty ofloyalty and honesty, and 3 a duty to discharge her responsibilities in good faith, with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like 4 position would exercise, and in a manner she reasonably believed to be in Impact's best interests.

22. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph was in a position of trust.

23. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph had a duty to act with honesty and integrity in her dealings with Impact as well as the customer accounts she managed.

24. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph had a duty not to act in her own self-interest and 9 not to act to the detriment of Impact.

25. Ralph breached her duty of loyalty to Impact by taking the following actions, all of which caused injury to Impact: ( a) for a period of at least six months before Ralph voluntarily resigned as Impact's Creative Director, Ralph owned and operated her own competing business, Hello Hazie, without Impact's knowledge or consent; (b) by owning and operating Hello Hazie for at least six months while still employed at Impact, Ralph failed to give Impact her undivided loyalty; and (c) upon information and belief, for at least six months, Ralph used Impact's time and resources to conduct business for her own self-interest by owning and operating her own competing business, Hello Hazie.

26. As a direct and proximate result of Ralph's breach of her duty of loyalty, Plaintiffs have been and will continue to be damaged in an amount that is in excess of this Court's minimum jurisdiction, which includes, among other things, actual damages, disgorgement of at least six months of Ralph's annual salary she was paid while employed at Impact (i.e., $65,625), and revenues received 21 by Hello Hazie.

27. At the time Ralph committed the above wrongful conduct in breach of her duty of loyalty, Ralph was guilty of malice, oppression, and a willful and conscious disregard for the rights of Plaintiffs.

As a result, Ralph is liable for pu nitive dam age s in a n amount to be proven at trial.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION Unfair Competition in Violation of California Business & Professions Code§ 17200 et seq. (Against All Defendants) 28. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

29. As alleged herein, Defendants have engaged in conduct that constitutes unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices in violation of California Business & Professions Code § 1 7200 et seq.

30. Defendants have taken the actions alleged herein with the intent to injure Plaintiffs and to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.

fendants have engaged in conduct that constitutes unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices in violation of California Business & Professions Code § 1 7200 Summons et seq.

30. Defendants have taken the actions alleged herein with the intent to injure Plaintiffs and to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.

31. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants' unlawful conduct, Plaintiffs have suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial actual losses for which they are entitled to restitution from Defendants that is in excess of this Court's minimum jurisdiction, which includes but is not limited to, actual damages, disgorgement of at least six months of Ralph's annual salary she was paid while employed at Impact (i.e., $65,625), and revenues received by Hello Hazie.

32. Unless enjoined by the Court, Defendants will continue to engage in the acts, conduct, and omissions set forth above, which have resulted, and will continue to result in irreparable injury to Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law for such acts and threatened acts. Therefore, Plaintiffs request, pursuant to California B u s i n e s s & P r o f e s s i o ns Code § 17203, that during the pendency of this action, the Court issue a preliminary injunction, and that after trial, the Court issue a permanent injunction, restraining and enjoining Defendants and their agents, employees, attorneys and representatives, and anyone acting at their direction or on their behalf, from engaging in further conduct constituting unfair competition.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for judgment against Defendants as follows: 1. For compensatory damages in amount to be proved at the time of trial, but believed to be in excess of $100,000; 2. For punitive damages in an amount to be proved at trial; 3. For injunctive relief prohibiting unfair competition; 4. For an award of attorneys' fees, to the extent provided by statute or contract; 5. For costs of suit; 6. For such other relief as this Court deems just and proper.

Dated: June 14, 2021 By: David C. Van Dyke, Esq .

Robert L. Rosenthal, Esq. 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 900 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Attorneys for Defendants Impact LA, LLC and Impact Networking, LLC PUBLISHED: The Argonaut Newspaper 10/28/21, 11/04/21, 11/11/21, 11/18/21 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 21STCV22037 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH, an individual; and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; DOES 1 through 10, inclusive; YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): IMPACT NETWORKING, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company; and IMPACT LA, 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.

ing 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 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, county of Los Angeles, Central Division, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an

Superior Court of the State of California, county of Los Angeles, Central Division, Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 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): Robert L. Rosenthal 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 ; Tel: (702) 257-1483 DATE (Fecha): June 14, 2021; Sherri R. Carter, Clerk (Secretario), by C. Monroe, Deputy (Adjunto) SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE Case No.: 21STCV22037 I M P A C T N E T W O R K I N G, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company; and IMPACT LA, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, vs.

Plaintiffs, HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH, an individual; and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; DOES 1 through 10, 17 inclusive, Defendants.

COMPLAINT FOR: 1.

BREACH OF DUTY OF LOYALTY 2. UNFAIR COMPETITION (Cal. Bus. & Prof.

Code§ 17200 et seq.) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Plaintiffs, IMPACT NETWORKING, LLC and IMPACT LA, LLC, for its Complaint against Defendants HAZEL IMOGEN RALPH and HELLO HAZIE, LLC, alleges as follows: 1. THE PARTIES Plaintiff, Impact Networking, LLC ("Impact Networking"), is an Illinois Limited Liability Company, which at all relevant times, has been duly licensed to conduct business in the State of California, and has had an office in Los Angeles County, California.

2. Plaintiff, Impact LA, LLC ("Impact LA"), is a California Limited Liability Company duly licensed to conduct business in California, has an office in Los Angeles County, California, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of lmpact Networking. (Collectively, Impact Networking and Impact LA shall be referred to herein as "Impact".)

3. Defendant Hazel Imogen Ralph ("Ralph) is an individual residing in Los Angeles County, California.

4. Defendant, Hello Hazie, LLC ("Hello Hazie") is a California Limited Liability 5 Company located in Los Angeles County, California.

5. The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate or otherwise, of the defendants Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them, are unknown to Plaintiffs, who therefore sue said Defendants by said fictitious names. When the identities and capacities of Does 1 through 10, 9 inclusive, become known to Plaintiffs, they will amend their Complaint. The term "Defendants," as 1 O used herein, shall include each of said fictitiously named Defendants, Ralph and Hello Hazie.

JURISDICTION 6. This Court has jurisdiction over all causes of action asserted in this Complaint pursuant 13 to the California Constitution, Article VI, Section 10, California Business & Professions Code § 17204,

JURISDICTION 6. This Court has jurisdiction over all causes of action asserted in this Complaint pursuant 13 to the California Constitution, Article VI, Section 10, California Business & Professions Code § 17204, 14 and California Code of Civil Procedure§ 410.10, by virtue of the fact that this is a civil action wherein 15 the matter in controversy, exclusive of interest, exceeds $25,000, and because this case is a cause not 16 given by statute to other trial courts.

7. Venue is proper in Los Angeles County under California Code of Civil Procedure § 395 18 because: (a) Defendant resides in Los Angeles County, California; (b) one or more of the acts, breaches, and other wrongful conduct giving rise to the causes of action asserted occurred or was to be performed in Los Angeles County, California; and (c) the obligations to be performed by Ralph at issue in this Complaint were to be performed in Los Angeles County, California.

GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 8. Impact own and operate integrated business technology companies that provide information technology services to individuals and businesses that include such things as website design, product design, cybersecurity, process optimization, marketing, and print services.

9. On April 23, 2018, Ralph began working as a Senior Art Director for Impact Networking at its office in Lake Forest, Illinois, and was paid an initial annual salary of $85,000, plus benefits.

10. On December 2, 2019, Impact Networking promoted Ralph to Associate Creative 3 Director, and her annual salary was increased to $105,000, plus benefits .

11. In or around August 2020, Ralph agreed to relocate from Lake Forest, Illinois to Los 5 Angeles, California and to work for Impact as Creative Director at its office in Los Angeles at an annual 6 salary of $131,250, plus benefits.

12. As part of Impact's and Ralph's agreement to relocate to Los Angeles, California, 8 Impact paid for Ralph's moving expenses in the amount of $5,996.72.

13. On August 10, 2020, Ralph officially began working as Creative Director at Impact's Los Angeles office.

14. As Creative Director, Ralph worked directly with Impact's customers to design their websites and products, and to create their advertisements, logos and branding.

15. On April 27, 2021, Ralph voluntarily resigned from Impact.

16. In or around May 2021, Impact discovered that, from at least November 20, 2020 until April 27, 2021, Ralph had owned and operated her own business, Hello Hazie, which directly competed with Impact.

17. Ralph never advised Impact, either during or after her employment at Impact, that she owned and operated a competing business.

18. Ralph never advised Impact, either during or after her employment at Impact, that she owned and operated Hello Hazie.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Breach of the Duty of Loyalty (Against Ralph) 19. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

20. An employer has the right to the undivided loyalty of its employees. The duty of loyalty is breached and may give rise to a tort cause of action on behalf of the employ-

reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

20. An employer has the right to the undivided loyalty of its employees. The duty of loyalty is breached and may give rise to a tort cause of action on behalf of the employer when the employee 27 takes action inimical to the employer's best interests.

See Stokes v. Dole Nut Co. (1995) 41 Cal.App.4th 28 285; Service Employees International Union, Local 250 v. Colcord (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 362.

21. As a trusted employee of lmpact, Ralph owed Impact a duty ofloyalty and honesty, and 3 a duty to discharge her responsibilities in good faith, with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like 4 position would exercise, and in a manner she reasonably believed to be in Impact's best interests.

22. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph was in a position of trust.

23. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph had a duty to act with honesty and integrity in her dealings with Impact as well as the customer accounts she managed.

24. As Impact's Creative Director, Ralph had a duty not to act in her own self-interest and 9 not to act to the detriment of Impact.

25. Ralph breached her duty of loyalty to Impact by taking the following actions, all of which caused injury to Impact: ( a) for a period of at least six months before Ralph voluntarily resigned as Impact's Creative Director, Ralph owned and operated her own competing business, Hello Hazie, without Impact's knowledge or consent; (b) by owning and operating Hello Hazie for at least six months while still employed at Impact, Ralph failed to give Impact her undivided loyalty; and (c) upon information and belief, for at least six months, Ralph used Impact's time and resources to conduct business for her own self-interest by owning and operating her own competing business, Hello Hazie.

26. As a direct and proximate result of Ralph's breach of her duty of loyalty, Plaintiffs have been and will continue to be damaged in an amount that is in excess of this Court's minimum jurisdiction, which includes, among other things, actual damages, disgorgement of at least six months of Ralph's annual salary she was paid while employed at Impact (i.e., $65,625), and revenues received 21 by Hello Hazie.

27. At the time Ralph committed the above wrongful conduct in breach of her duty of loyalty, Ralph was guilty of malice, oppression, and a willful and conscious disregard for the rights of Plaintiffs.

As a result, Ralph is liable for pu n iti ve d am ag e s i n a n amount to be proven at trial.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION Unfair Competition in Violation of California Business & Professions Code§ 17200 et seq. (Against All Defendants) 28. Plaintiffs incorporate by reference as though fully set forth herein all previous allegations in the Complaint.

29. As alleged herein, Defendants have engaged in conduct that constitutes unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices in violation of California Business & Professions Code § 1 7200 et seq.

30. Defendants have taken the actions alleged herein with the intent to injure Plaintiffs and to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.

31. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants' unlawful conduct, Plaintiffs have suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial actual losses for which they are en-

Plaintiffs and to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.

31. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants' unlawful conduct, Plaintiffs have suffered, and will continue to suffer, substantial actual losses for which they are entitled to restitution from Defendants that is in excess of this Court's minimum jurisdiction, which includes but is not limited to, actual damages, disgorgement of at least six months of Ralph's annual salary she was paid while employed at Impact (i.e., $65,625), and revenues received by Hello Hazie.

32. Unless enjoined by the Court, Defendants will continue to engage in the acts, conduct, and omissions set forth above, which have resulted, and will continue to result in irreparable injury to Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law for such acts and threatened acts. Therefore, Plaintiffs request, pursuant to California B u s i n e s s & P r o f e s s i o ns Code § 17203, that during the pendency of this action, the Court issue a preliminary injunction, and that after trial, the Court issue a permanent injunction, restraining and enjoining Defendants and their agents, employees, attorneys and representatives, and anyone acting at their direction or on their behalf, from engaging in further conduct constituting unfair competition.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for judgment against Defendants as follows: 1. For compensatory damages in amount to be proved at the time of trial, but believed to be in excess of $100,000; 2. For punitive damages in an amount to be proved at trial; 3. For injunctive relief prohibiting unfair competition; 4. For an award of attorneys' fees, to the extent provided by statute or contract; 5. For costs of suit; 6. For such other relief as this Court deems just and proper.

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CON JUAN

Lately, women’s magazines keep mentioning “sociopaths.” What is a sociopath? From what I’ve read, it seems like both my exes were sociopaths. How do I avoid attracting others?

— Wary Woman When a guy asks you on a date, it would be great if you could check him out on LinkedIn and be all, “Oh, look...endorsements for embezzlement, insurance fraud and identity theft!”

Set aside everything you’ve read about sociopaths, much of which is probably wrong. Sociopathy and its nasty sibling, psychopathy, are manifestations of “antisocial personality disorder”: a relentless pattern of exploitative behavior involving a disregard for the rights of others and a lack of guilt upon violating them.

However, sociopathy and psychopathy differ in meaningful ways, though they are often written about as if they are interchangeable – in the media and (ugh!) even by researchers.

In short, sociopathy is “fire” and psychopathy is “ice.” Psychopaths – the icy ones – are coldly calculating manipulators who fake caring about others but are incapable of forming any emotional attachments. (Think lurking plotters lying in wait.) Sociopaths are the fiery ones: impulsive, hot-headed and boastful; easily enraged – even to the point of violent outbursts – making them more likely

to end up in the slammer. Sociopaths sometimes form one-on-one emotional attachments, but these are typically pretty toxic.

Psychopaths are born, not made, meaning psychopathy is genetic and present from birth, reports forensic psychologist Scott A. Johnson.

Sociopathy, on the other hand, is environmentally driven: typically resulting from harsh, abusive, indulgent and/or neglectful parenting. There’s “no known effective treatment” for either psychopathy or sociopathy.

However, a psychopath “easily cons treatment staff” to get a positive progress report, while sociopaths tend to act out angrily and get cut from treatment programs.

You can’t avoid attracting sociopaths, but because they’re impulsive, explosive and braggy, they can only hide their true nature for so long. You can be speedier at ejecting them from your life (along with other human nightmares) if you aren’t too quick to be “all in.” When you start dating someone, take a wait-and-see approach – over, say, three or even six months – and pay special attention to his behavior when he seems unaware he’s being observed. See whether a guy actually is your Mr. McDreamy, rather than sliding into the temptation to simply believe that – making yourself prone to ignore behavior that suggests he has a big scoop of hummus where his conscience is supposed to be.

UNEVEN STEVEN

I’m a 22-year-old woman. I’m bothered by my best guy friend’s shift in priorities. We talked about meeting up, and when I asked about his schedule, he said it depends on the schedules of women he’s meeting for dates. I found this really rude, especially because I always have the decency to prioritize my friends over any random romantic prospect.

— Angry Apparently, the lyrics of the Carole King classic, “You’ve Got a Friend,” should’ve included disclaimers throughout; for example: “You just call out my name, and you know, wherever I am, I’ll come running,” (“though there may be a several-day wait if there’s a really good opportunity for my penis”).

The actual problem here is not the apparent shift in the guy’s priorities but how they now differ sharply from yours – leading to an imbalance in what you put into the friendship versus what you’re getting out of it. “Equity theory,” developed in the 1960s by behavioral psychologist J. Stacy Adams (and originally applied to business relationships), suggests this sort of “inequity” leads to “dissatisfaction and low morale.”

Recent research on equity theory

confirms that we evaluate our friendships (and other relationships) based on how fair they are. We look for reciprocity: a level of mutualness in how much we and our friend are each investing in the friendship. When we perceive a friend is giving much less than we are, we get miffy and are motivated to put them on notice or give them the boot.

The guy isn’t wrong to have more mating-focused priorities. However, you might decide it’s too painful to remain friends with him. Telling him how you feel might inspire him to change his behavior (or hide it better) – my bet... for a few days or a week. Another option would be to make peace with the sort of friend he’s able to be – which could be a temporary thing while he’s on the hunt – and spend more time with friends who share your priorities.

There are friends who – upon getting your faint, staticky phone call for help from the Alaskan tundra – will drop everything, hop five planes, rent a team of sled dogs and come rescue you...and then there are friends who will get on with dropping their pants on some chick’s floor, telling themselves you’ll probably get through to somebody else before your phone dies and you follow its lead. (“Testes before besties!”)

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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ACROSS 1 The Phillie Phanatic and Bernie Brewer 8 Like some goods 15 Minimal 20 How big dogs may travel 21 Berry, for one 22 Not warranted 23 Commander of primitive fish?

25 Goes (through) carefully 26 Ginseng and rooibos 27 Early hrs.

28 Muslim judge 29 NFL commentator Michael 30 Leave out 32 Longings 34 Open-__ shoes 35 Festival for dugong relatives?

40 Rage 41 Disney’s “__ and the Detectives” 43 Tons 44 Burn lightly 46 Went for the worm 49 Tiny crustacean herald?

54 Lose it 56 Blood system letters 57 Informal clothes 58 Former Yugoslav leader 59 Key next to D 62 Unsurpassed 66 Italian wine region 67 Help for little fish?

71 Words with a hand up, maybe 72 Magician who is a two-time “America’s Got Talent” winner 74 Natural light refractor 75 Eco-friendly certification letters 76 Most stylish

80 Pirate’s cry 81 Jumping, as a joint 82 Reason to go to a seafood restaurant?

88 Danson of TV 89 Disney’s vision of tomorrow 90 Make up (for) 91 Pre-storm state 93 Warrior prefix 94 Crustacean seller?

98 “Terrible” czar 102 Status car 105 Contrary to popular belief, throwing it won’t endanger birds 106 Architect Jones 107 Dispensed, with “out” 108 Bout decision 111 Amazing 114 Actor Quinn 115 Marine mammal in the air?

117 Silly joke response, perhaps 118 Symbol of love 119 Without value 120 Baden-Powell who co-founded the Girl Guide movement 121 Marginal moves 122 2002 Soderbergh sci-fi film

10 11 12 13 14

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53 Chips partner 6 Shampoo brand 55 Indicate 7 What sweeps 59 Twill fabric sweep 60 Degree of 8 Discoverer of the uncommonness, first ocean route in some games to India 61 Pittsburgh’s __ 9 Nails the final

Park 63 Suggestion for a sprain 64 Author Binchy 65 Stopped 68 Many a Prado painting 69 Name near Uzbekistan, on maps 70 Crucifix letters 73 It’s often an attic 77 Jazzy James 78 Demonstrate 79 Besides Mo., the only state that borders eight others 81 NHL Flames’ home 82 Off-road vehicle 83 Yet to happen 84 Got a goal against 85 Lang. of about 200,000 Americans 86 Letters in old dates 87 Old Mideast org.

92 Seat of New York’s Nassau County 94 Prof.’s degree 95 Most developed 96 Earth tones 97 Hang on to 99 More jungly 100 1999 ATP Player of the Year 101 To boot 103 Look parents caution children about 104 __ on the dollar 106 Urge forward 108 “If so ... ” 109 17th-century privateer 110 Folklore fiend 112 Toi et moi 113 Roughly 114 Simile words 115 NFC West team 116 Term of endearment

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