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Needles on the Beach, Electric Scooter Lawsuit & a Floating Trash Collector for Ballona Creek ‘The Interceptor’ Will Scoop Debris Out of Ballona Creek: A floating trash collector called The Interceptor will be deployed next fall to tackle the grotesque avalanche of plastic bottles and other trash that winter rainstorms push down Ballona Creek into Santa Monica Bay. Last week Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced a partnership with Dutch inventors The Ocean Cleanup to design and launch a site-specific version of The Interceptor — a catamaran equipped with a solar-powered conveyer belt to scoop up debris corralled by floating barriers — near the UCLA Aquatic Center.

The two-year pilot project for proof of concept will be the first of its kind in North America and free-of-charge to L.A. County taxpayers. L.A. County Public Works will head up operations, including trash collection and recycling.

The announcement comes after a push by Playa del Rey community organizer Lucy Han for L.A. County to consider a similar device, dubbed Mr. Trash Wheel, that’s currently employed in Baltimore’s inner harbor to keep debris out of Chesapeake Bay. “I’m so excited,” she said of The Interceptor. “I think it’ll be the solution to our trash problem.”

Hahn said The Interceptor will both protect Santa Monica Bay and “will be part of a global project to prevent the flow of plastic pollution into our world’s oceans.”

Needles Wash Up on Marina Peninsula: Los Angeles County lifeguards shut down an eight-block stretch of Venice Beach along the Marina Peninsula last Sunday after hundreds of syringes, needles and other medical supplies washed up along the shoreline. Lifeguard Capt. Julio Rodriguez said a surfer reported the dangerous debris to lifeguards at around 11:30 a.m., prompting a 90-minute beach closure between Driftwood and Ketch streets while Hazmat,

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Felon Busted with Assault Rifle: Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested a 38-year-old convicted felon in possession of an assault rifle, automatic handgun, several rounds of ammunition and an undisclosed amount of illegal narcotics during a late-night traffic stop on Nov. 6, Sgt. Carlos Alva said. The suspect, identified as Brian Taylor, posted a $35,000 bond the next day and was released from custody.

Development Planned for Vacant Courthouse: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted last week to take charge of the long-vacant West Los Angeles Courthouse on Purdue Avenue below Santa Monica Boulevard, entering into a two-year lease with an option to buy A prototype for The Interceptor, designed to scoop up plastic bottles the property outright for $35.7 million. and other floating garbage before it reaches the ocean Office staff for supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Public Health and the Department of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge whose district includes the three-acre propBeaches and Harbors cleaned up the area. Christopher K. Lui ruled that the case erty, say the county has its eye on convertLifeguards on foot patrol found another could go forward because the “city ing the site into a mix of affordable and needle and four lancets on Monday, but affirmatively designated and operated a market-rate housing, with the possibility “We don’t think it’s from a new arrival of specified area as a passenger drop-off and of including retail and community spaces. material that might have drifted in,” established a no deployment zone without Skating Rink Back in Business: ICE Rodriguez said. “We think it was just any enforcement, despite knowing that Santa Monica will offer free skating from missed on Sunday.” scooters are regularly parked in that area 2 to 10 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, after The source of the medical debris remains and that elderly people would use that unspecified mechanical issues delayed the under investigation. Beachgoers who find area as a loading zone.” launch of Santa Monica’s seasonal needles are asked not to touch or dispose Green is represented by the Santa Monica outdoor ice rink at Arizona Avenue and of them, but to immediately report them law firm, McGee, Lerer & Associates, Fifth Street. The 8,000-square-foot ice to lifeguards. with trial expected to begin no sooner rink opened on Nov. 10 after a three-day Scooter Injury Lawsuit Moves Forthan mid-2020. delay and will continue operating through ward: Attorneys representing Lyft and the Police Nab Boardwalk Burglary Jan. 22. city of Santa Monica lost a tentative court Suspect: Reports that an LAPD officer Santa Monica Wellbeing Summit: ruling on Nov. 8, allowing an elderly was knocked unconscious Saturday in Santa Monica College Center for Media woman who tripped over a scooter last pursuit of a burglary suspect along the and Design (1660 Stewart St.) is hosting year near Santa Monica Emeritus College Venice Boardwalk are false, according to the city’s inaugural Wellbeing Summit to proceed with a civil lawsuit. police. While there was a foot pursuit that from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dorothy Green, 87, suffered five started around 4:30 p.m. near Washington Nov. 16. Building on Santa Monica’s 2015 fractures to her pelvis and an injury to her Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, the fleeing launch of its Wellbeing Index, the interacelbow last September after stumbling over suspect, described as a male transient, did tive all-ages gathering includes residents Lyft-operated electric scooter that had not strike an officer, LAPD Officer Jeff in solution-oriented discussions about been left in the adult school’s passenger Lee said Monday. “This was actually local issues such as student social anxiety loading zone, where city officials had misreported,” Lee said. “The officer and seniors struggling to make ends meet. specifically prohibited electric scooters. suffered from exhaustion after the pursuit. RSVP at wellbeing.smgov.net.

ON THE COVER: Singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach (left) and drummer Patrick Carney are back together as The Black Keys and playing The Forum on Tuesday. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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By Gary Walker At times demanding and at other times pleading, Mar Vista residents who attended a Nov. 6 town hall on homelessness pressed city officials to remedy a burgeoning local presence of encampments that many described as making them feel under siege.

Complaints about public urination, drug dealing and other public safety and quality of life impacts underscored the emotional tone of the night as more than 250 people engaged in a Q&A session with local government and social services agency representatives in the Daniel Webster Middle School Auditorium.

While many in the audience disparaged city and county agencies tasked with providing housing and services for the homeless and complained that Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin is neglecting Mar Vista, others called for new approaches to the crisis.

Dr. Robert Watkins, a spine surgeon who lives in Mar Vista, proposed building a massive public shelter offering drug rehabilitation, job training and other social services.

“Sleeping on the street needs to be illegal because of the threat to the health and safety of the unhoused and housed,” he said. “We have conservatorships for people who develop dementia and lose the ability to care for themselves.

Society needs to take control of the lives of people who have a mental illness or drug addiction that has contributed to them sleeping on the street, having demonstrated that they are unable to care for themselves and are a threat to their own health and the health of others.”

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A man who did not identify himself expressed concern that voter-approved laws which reclassified nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors and expedited parole for low-risk prisoners had exacerbated local homelessness.

“Why aren’t we talking about the damage that Proposition 47 and Proposition 57 have done to our neighborhoods?” he asked.

help in solving the region’s housing crisis,” he said.

Bonin, whose office organized the town hall, talked about the need for a variety of housing solutions for the homeless, including rapid rehousing programs for people who have recently lost their homes. He also touted a shared housing pilot program in Venice in partnership with the nonprofit SHARE, and spoke

“Society needs to take control of the lives of people who have a mental illness or drug addiction that has contributed to them sleeping on the street.”

— Dr. Robert Watkins

Los Angeles County Department of Social Public Services Assistant Director Phil Ansell noted that although the county reported finding housing for a record number of homeless people last year, more people than were housed became newly homeless, nullifying net progress.

“In 2018, every day 133 people exited homelessness, but 150 fell into homelessness,” he said. “We need to stop the flow of people becoming homeless.”

Ansell added that the county is weighing policies that would encourage homeowners to rent accessory dwelling units, often called granny flats, to the homeless — “an excellent opportunity to increase the value of your property, to increase your monthly income and to

about expanding similar efforts throughout the city.

The city has so far focused Proposition HHH funding on construction of permanent supportive housing, which Bonin said “is the solution for only about 25% of the homeless population.”

Not everyone was critical of the city’s efforts, however.

“How can I, as a privileged white male who lives on the Westside, help address the NIMBYism, racism and classism that led to this homeless crisis?” asked a man who did not identify himself, eliciting a mixture of catcalls and applause.

Alison Hurst, who runs the Venicebased nonprofit Safe Place for Youth, urged concerned residents to volunteer

at a homeless shelter or services organization.

Watkins described the town hall as “uninspiring” overall.

“The panel did not directly answer many of the questions,” including some related to law enforcement and public safety responses to encampments, he said. “Mr. Bonin stated that we only have two options: let them stay on the street or build them housing. I disagree.

There is another option.”

Deputy Mayor Christina Miller, who heads the Mayor’s Office of City Homeless Initiatives, acknowledged that the homeless and housing crises have worsened but said more housing — and more patience — is needed.

“It’s going to take a very long time to get out of this [housing] deficit,” she said.

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The Warehouse (4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey) celebrated its 50th anniversary on Nov. 6 with birthday cake, a champagne toast and live entertainment, donating 10% of the day’s sales to Heal the Bay. The restaurant is featuring a special menu of house favorites priced at $19.69 through Nov. 30. mdrwarehouse.com

Hama Sushi (213 Windward Ave., Venice) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party celebration last Saturday (Nov. 9) featuring a deejay, Venice Art Crawl activities, vendors curated by The Midnight Bazaar a Venice Vintage Motorcycle Club rally and a special lighting of the Venice Sign. hamasushi.com One of the area’s favorite destinations for 44 years, Baja Cantina (311 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey) changes hands to new ownership this week. bajacantina.com The Manchester (8522 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester) is now open in the former home of Tompkins Square Bar & Grill, which has been newly remodeled. The stylish restaurant and bar

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A Total Waste of Space Downtown Santa Monica has hundreds of empty parking spaces standing in the way of safer loading zones, better-connected bike lanes and public park space structure into a rooftop park (65 spaces).

• Repurposing parking on the Pier Deck to community gathering and activation space (277 spaces).

• Converting parking structure spaces into a staging zone for delivery services. Delivery trucks are increasingly occupying street space, often illegally parked, in busy neighborhoods. Imagine one large FedEx truck centrally drops a load that is delivered on its last mile by couriers driving electric cargo bikes (50 spaces).

By Carter Rubin and Dustin Herrmann This story first appeared in Santa Monica Next (santamonicanext.org), a community organization and news website focused on the city’s future.

While Santa Monica is as bustling as ever — just ask the 8.7 million visitors the city hosted in 2017 — our downtown parking structures are serving far fewer parking vehicles, leaving hundreds of spaces empty on any given day. The city could put those spaces to much better use.

We discovered this huge increase in downtown parking availability by analyzing parking structure data for Structures 1 through 9 and the Main Library as reported to data.smgov.net.

Since 2015, the number of parking spaces available on average at the busiest times of each week has increased from about 1,100 spaces to 1,800. That’s 700 more spaces on busy days just sitting around. That means about one-third of the parking spaces in the structures analyzed are empty at the times of peak demand!

But the changes don’t just show up in the averages. Look at how many spaces were still available at the peak moment on the five busiest days of each year: • 2015: 550, 567, 584, 611, 618 = an average of 586 • 2016: 459, 470, 511, 563, 577 = an average of 516 • 2017: 835, 899, 901, 1179, 1192 = an average of 1,001 • 2018: 1104, 1141, 1165, 1179, 1192 = an average of 1,156 • 2019: 731, 1063, 1185, 1272, 1461 = an average of 1,142 Routine traffic congestion on the Santa Monica (10) Freeway and local surface streets tells us cars haven’t disappeared, so why is downtown parking on the decline? We didn’t attempt to tease out direct causation, but some possibilities reflect broader transportation trends that make it easier to access downtown without parking: • Uber launched in Los Angeles in 2012, and Lyft in 2013 • The Expo Line began serving Downtown Santa Monica in May 2016 • Bird scooters launched in fall 2017, followed by a city pilot with four operators and 3,000 permitted scooters in September 2018 • Food delivery services like Grubhub (2014), UberEats (2015) and Doordash (2018) launched or scaled up in the L.A. market, and AmazonPrime launched same-day

The yellow line shows the moment of lowest parking availability each week, and the blue line shows a smoothed average shipping in 2016.

• Santa Monica parking structure rates increased incrementally and reduced free parking from two hours to 90 minutes

could do if we began to repurpose some parking spaces in downtown, both in our structures and on our streets. Imagine: • Closing the gap in our family-friendly protected bike lane network by linking the Expo Line Path at 17th All of these represent seismic economic Street and Colorado Avenue to the and social changes that either nudge beach path and Annenberg Beach people to come to Downtown Santa MoniHouse via Colorado and Ocean ca without a car that they then have to avenues and the California Incline park, or to get a service from a downtown (76 spaces on Ocean 32 spaces on merchant without physically going Colorado). downtown (i.e. a HiHo Cheeseburger via • 3 new loading zones per block on 50 Doordash). blocks of downtown for safe Uber, Lyft and food service pickups, which A Call for Safer Streets now happen in bike lanes due to lack Recognizing that Downtown Santa of short-term parking (150 spaces).

Monica now has an average of 1,800 • 50 new parklets next to cafes and empty spaces at the point of peak demand restaurants for alfresco sidewalk — that’s 1 in 3 of all downtown structure dining (50 spaces). spaces — we can now envision what we • Converting the top of one parking

Green bike lanes help people navigate downtown without getting in their cars, but a lack of safe vehicle loading space puts riders at risk

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Santa Monica can have all of this simply by repurposing 700 parking spaces in Downtown Santa Monica that we literally, as the data show, no longer use — even on busy days.

What the above also represents is a down payment on a sustainable future.

Think of it as a first salvo in a local Green New Deal that could help Santa Monica tackle its largest source of climate pollution, according to the city’s Climate Action & Adaptation Plan: tailpipes from local cars.

People-Centered Infrastructure As international parking luminary Donald Shoup famously wrote, there’s a high cost of free parking —that offering abundant cheap parking encourages people to drive, leading to many social harms.

In Santa Monica we have 700 spaces of free parking, as in available parking spaces we no longer need. And the cost to us is the opportunity cost of squandering such a valuable resource. We have a glut of parking, and failing to repurpose those spaces for building a healthier and more sustainable city would be a terrible waste of free parking.

We need to rethink our streets — especially downtown — to better support people opting out of their cars, or opting out of parking by taking Uber or Lyft. By decreasing parking demand while investing in people-centered infrastructure, we can create a virtuous cycle of freeing up ever more space to improve quality of life, support safe and equitable mobility, and maintain Santa Monica as a vibrant hub of economic and social life.

Carter Rubin is an urban planner who lives and works in Santa Monica as a sustainable transportation advocate.

Dustin Herrmann is an urban data scientist currently in the middle of a move from Covington, Kentucky, to Santa Monica.

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UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY The Black Keys, playing The Forum on Tuesday, reunited to create “Let’s Rock” — an ode to the electric guitar

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A jam session with Joe Walsh and Glenn Schwartz inspired The Black Keys’ to record a heavy guitar album

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski When The Black Keys went on hiatus, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney worked on their own projects. Drummer Carney collaborated with his wife, Michelle Branch, while Auerbach saw other dreams come true. He produced music by a slew of artists but, to him, the most notable musical partner was fellow Ohioan Glenn Schwartz, the James Gang’s original guitar player in the mid-1960s.

“When I was 16 to 17, I saw him play religiously at a small club in Cleveland,” says Auerbach, a native of Akron, Ohio.

“He was this wild guitar player who built his own guitar. He was a big influence while we were making the first Black Keys record.”

The Black Keys’ guitarist/vocalist, Auerbach invited Schwartz to travel to Auerbach’s Nashville studio, Easy Eye Sound, to record. But he also asked someone to join them — the legendary Joe Walsh (who also spent formative years in Ohio).

“He was Joe Walsh’s guitar hero,” Auerbach says. “Me, Joe and Glenn were all playing these loud, electric guitar sounds. It was incredible.”

Walsh recalled seeing Schwartz perform in Bowling Green atop a fan’s shoulders, wearing no shirt and purple bell bottoms.

“The same way that Joe saw Glenn and got inspired to make music, I did exactly

the same,” Auerbach says.

Auerbach was not only starry-eyed; he was motivated to do something else.

“It made me want to make a Black Keys record,” he says. “As soon as I finished, I called Pat and we put the session on the books.”

Auerbach says. “We learned how to do it together. It’s always fun. Pat and I will always have this special thing no matter what.”

Through Easy Eye Sound, Auerbach has also produced records by Cage the Elephant, Dr. John, Lana Del Rey, Ray

“That’s a lot of guitars. For me, it feels more like The Black Keys than it ever has on stage. It sounds like our records.”

— Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys The result of the Carney-Auerbach session is “Let’s Rock,” an album they call an ode to the electric guitar. Released on June 28, The Black Keys’ ninth studio album was its first album since 2014’s “Turn Blue.” The duo eschewed keyboards and armed themselves with guitar, drums and vocals.

“Making music for Pat and I is always easy,” Auerbach says. “The chemistry we have is just undeniable. We hadn’t been in the studio together for five years. As soon as we sat down together, we were working on our very first idea, which was ‘Breaking Down.’”

Once again, the duo produced its own record.

“It’s our favorite hobby and pastime,”

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LaMontagne, Jake Bugg, and the Pretenders. In addition to winning several Grammy Awards as a member of The Black Keys, Auerbach collected the 2013 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.

Last year was the ideal time for The Black Keys to reunite. Auerbach says he’s a “completely different musician from four years ago.”

“All I’ve done in the last four years is work in the studio every day with some of the most incredible musicians who have ever lived,” Auerbach says.

“I feel like I went to graduate school or something. I spent time with John Prine writing songs. I worked with other amazing singers and bands — all writing

with these incredible people. I got to feed my brain for a good long time.”

For the tour, to bolster the heavy guitar sound of “Let’s Rock” The Black Keys recruited longtime friends Thee Shams, who were later members of Buffalo Killers.

“They [Thee Shams] played on our first CD release show,” he says. “Now they’re playing with us on stage. It’s like an Ohio reunion. It’s been really fun.

“We have two guitar players and a bass player. That’s a first for us. That’s a lot of guitars. For me, it feels more like The Black Keys than it ever has on stage. It sounds like our records. I always would layer up the guitars on every record. To hear those guitars layered up on stage is really satisfying.”

Auerbach cherishes the memories with Schwartz and their common Midwestern work ethic.

“This Ohio rock ‘n’ roll connection is hard to define,” Auerbach says. “It was cool to finally meet him. But being from the Midwest, I know every single Tom Petty song and I’ve never owned a Tom Petty record. Growing up in the Midwest is like that. It’s in the air.”

The Black Keys play The Forum (3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood) on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Modest Mouse opens. Tickets start at $60 at fabulousforum.com.

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Humor for Sensitive Times “Seinfeld” writer Peter Mehlman takes on the culture war in “#MeAsWell”

By Danny Karel Peter Mehlman’s particular form of satire — playful, a touch neurotic — has earned him a successful career. He was a writer and executive producer on the iconic TV show “Seinfeld,” responsible for some of the show’s most memorable bits and phrases including “doubledipping,” “shrinkage” and “yada yada.”

He has contributed humor pieces to The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Esquire. He’s a stand-up comedian. But, as Mehlman observes — and Arnie Pepper, the Pulitzer-prize winning sports journalist and protagonist of Mehlman’s latest novel “#MeAsWell,” discovers — these are not easy times to be funny.

Over the course of a whirlwind 48 hours, the fictional Pepper’s gilded career is threatened when an off-color joke questioning an NBA player’s masculinity slips onto social media. The wisecrack goes viral, and Pepper becomes the target of death threats, the wrath of the RMF (Radical Masculine Feminists), and faces the possibility of losing his job. This dramatic upheaval gives rise to more pressing issues: Is he not the good person he believed he was?

Will his daughter, a bright young correspondent for NPR, still respect him? Where are the lines drawn in this new culture war?

Mehlman, 64, celebrates the release of his novel next Thursday (Nov. 21) at Budman Studios in Venice. He spoke to The Argonaut about the origins of “#MeAsWell,” the pros and cons of a “sensitive” culture, and how social media has whipped societal change into a frenzy. “#MeAsWell” addresses gender politics, digital culture and social movements. How long have you been thinking about these topics, and what prompted you to write the book?

I wasn’t consciously thinking about these subjects — I mean, of course it’s almost impossible to not be thinking about them — but what caused me to write this book originally was reading an obituary of Philip Roth. The writer was talking about “Portnoy’s Complaint,” and I was wondering: What would I be as obsessive about as Portnoy was about his mother? And the funny thing is, the only thing I could come up with, that I had that many opinions on, was sports. So originally the book was going to be a little bit of a sports screed. But then, I don’t know, it just changed on its own. The idea about making one joke about an athlete and having it go viral just hooked into a whole bunch of different things that

Some might agree with Arnie Pepper that the culture is too “sensitive” now.

Have we lost the ability to laugh at ourselves?

A few things about that. For one, everybody says, ‘OK, we’re all super sensitive now and these things go in cycles and it will swing back.’ I’m not that sure it will swing back. I don’t think we’re going to become less sensitive, and in certain ways that’s good. Even Arnie says that, in certain ways, there’s progress in political correctness because people are aware that they can so easily offend someone else. At the same time, it’s hard not to ascribe a lot of this to social media, because there are people sitting around just dying to be offended so they can lash out, because now everyone’s got a soapbox to lash back. …

I’ve written the absolute most feathery little humor pieces for different publications, and the letters you get back are so vicious it’s amazing. To this day it never ceases to amaze me, the angry responses I get to stuff that, to me, are like unbelievably puff pieces.

Peter Mehlman kind of consumed me, like politically incorrect humor.

Also, I have to say, that when the Harvey Weinsteins and the Louis CKs and Matt Lauers of the world go through

Do you think this anger is new, or is it just that we have platforms to express what we weren’t able to express before?

There’s a bit of me that feels there are so many people in America now, so many

“Everybody says,‘OK, we’re all super sensitive now and these things go in cycles and it will swing back.’

I’m not that sure it will swing back.

I don’t think we’re going to become less sensitive …”

— Peter Mehlman

what they are going through, I’m always wondering what their day-to-day life is like. You know? Going to restaurants, just the looks you get. Can you go out to dinner with your daughter? All that stuff just fascinates me.

The plot of the book unfolds over only two days. Why such a tight timeframe?

I wanted it to be really concentrated, to go into the immediate effects of what happens when somebody is caught up in one of these storms. I found that there was a wealth of little moments that you could get into, and obviously the book is a little bit exaggerated, just for dramatic and humorous effect.

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people in the world now, who are more anonymous, in a way, than they’ve ever been. And when they look out to the select famous people in the world who get to express themselves, they’re like, ‘Why not me?’ I think people’s values have gotten a little more skewed. I like to think that people weren’t always like this.

You know, the funny thing is, it used to be that if you lived in New York you had no clue what a person in Oklahoma thought. Now you not only know, they literally respond to the stuff that you’re putting online, and you find out their opinions not even secondhand but right in your face. It’s crazy.

It seems that younger people intuit the new rules of culture a little bit better than older generations. This shows up in the book, too. What gives younger people the edge?

I think younger people are always more on the ball about things. The Baby Boomers were much more on top of things in the ’60s, and our parents were completely out of the loop. Now the Baby Boomers are the aging generation, and everything is happening so fast it’s really hard to keep up. We just hear about it, bits and pieces, from our kids and our kids’ friends.

Through my stand-up comedy hobby I meet a lot of young comedians. They’re very sensitive about where [topically] they can go, but at the same time they can go to certain areas that seem like they should be offensive but they’re not, you know? If they’re not getting laughs, they go right to some kind of anal sex joke and it’s hysterical, and they’re laughing, and the audience is laughing like crazy. I don’t know. It seems a little cheap. I think [Arnie Pepper] mentions this in the book, about how no matter how sensitive everybody is, an eight o’clock sitcom can make a joke about prison rape and somehow that’s OK. There are these weird rules.

What makes certain jokes OK and others not?

Humor-wise, there are certain people that can get away with just about anything, and most people can’t. Sarah Silverman is such a brilliant comic because the way she delivers her lines she can pretty much say anything, or Howard Stern can pretty much get away with saying anything. If you are just a no-name comedian, or an anonymous person on the street, it’s very dangerous to say the exact same thing that Sarah Silverman said. So a lot of it depends on your delivery.

Last question: If I were to ask Arnie Pepper the Lakers’ chances of winning a title this year, what do you think he would he say?

He would say their chances of winning a title are about a quarter as good as the chances of the Clippers winning the title.

An improvement from recent years! I’ll take it.

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Thoughts on Paper Antonius-Tín Bui draws, cuts and slices artistic statements about history and identity

Bui’s hand-cut couture for the series “Donrose paper fashion” demonstrates the delicacy and versatility of paper as an artistic medium

Yet in a series of blue and red laser-cut pieces depicting traditional Asian iconography such as Chinese lanterns, dragons and dramatic facemasks, Bui confronts our current political moment with visually appealing or familiar decorative motifs you might see at an Asian restaurant or Chinese New Year celebration, but then upends their seemingly benign and decorative look with confrontational verbiage such as “F*ck Trump,” “Not Your Token,” “Not Your Model Minority,” “Abolish I.C.E.,” or “Not Your China Doll.”

“Many artists work with texts. That’s a trope that’s been around for a long time,” says Laband Gallery Director Karen Rapp. “But these somehow are so inviting, and so they draw you close, and then they kind of punch you.”

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Inevitably, one wonders where the artist’s mind goes to achieve such an elaborate level of detail. Bui told international art-and-design platform Curator that “nearly all my pieces are a nonlinear dance between intuitive cutting, drawing/ sketching, and calculated slicing.” (Bui also outlines the backs of works with a complicated, yet spontaneous color-coded system of “layers.”) But lately the artist, who is the child of Vietnamese refugees and identifies as queer and gender non-binary, finds their mind even more “scattered.” “...In the past, I would always tell people it was just extremely meditative,” says Bui, who self-taught paper cutting by making paper angels and snowflakes as a child. “I would get lost. But I do find myself, like many artists nowadays, [having] doubt in my practice and my purpose a lot more than ever, especially with the climate crisis at hand, our political environment.”

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Another paper work of Bui’s titled “1975 Should Be Enough” superimposes Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut’s famous and harrowing image of a wailing girl fleeing a napalm attack during the Vietnam War upon the artist’s own self-portrait rendered in chaotic red and glittery lines.

It reflects not only a dark chapter of American history, but also a difficult moment in the artist’s life— a time near the beginning of Trump’s presidency when Bui was suffering from hair loss during a stressful artist’s residency, preparing for their very first trip to Vietnam “to make amends with the past” and contending with their parents’ own “glorification of America and their fears of going back to Vietnam.”

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In many ways, Bui hopes their work can be a conversation starter.

“I am really, really grateful that my pieces can spark conversation or affirm people’s opinions or beliefs. …. But at the same time I’m also weary or fearful of whether or not sometimes we are preaching to the choir,” says Bui, musing further: “How do I take existing forms and imagine the conversations that I wish I had growing up at the family table?”

Discussion and performance is becoming a larger portion of Bui’s artistic practice. On Thursday (Nov. 14) from 6 to 8 p.m., a discussion panel in the Laband Gallery will be followed by an “artist’s mass and procession” featuring pop music, queer manifestos and poetry.

Then on Saturday (Nov. 15) from 2 to 4 p.m., four L.A.-based performance artists join Bui in activating the Laband with experimental performances, including sound art, tattooing and video projections.

In the end, Bui is hesitant to identify as an “activist,” but says this: “I never felt like I had the privilege to be neutral as an artist. … And so I would hope that every single artist — whether or not their work is directly speaking to political problems ... is making time and space to be politically engaged, to be reading, to be registered to vote if they can, to inspire other people to vote and to exercise democracy on a daily basis.”

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“Elegantly remodeled, this townhome is nestled in a quiet, manicured 14-unit complex,” say agents Tom Corte and Dana Wright. “This is the largest two-bedroom town home, featuring skylights, windows on three sides, a private open back patio with private access to the street, and a direct entry front door. This is unique and offers a security entry and gated two-car tandem parking, and extra storage. This home has close proximity to all freeways and the beach; this is the hub of Silicon Beach.”

Offered at $799,000 Tom Corte & Dana Wright ERA Matilla Realty 310-578-7777

“One of Westchester’s largest lots has been artfully maximized into an enchanting oasis,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Meander past manicured landscaping to an upgraded Napa-meets-Mediterranean home. Inside, a stately fireplace opens the great room. Perfect afternoons are spent in the California room, with its outdoor kitchen and secondstory redwood deck. Back inside, the master suite offers a private living room with two-way fireplace, wet bar and expansive walk-in closet with spa-like en suite.”

Offered at $2,789,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020 PAGE 20 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION NOVEMBER 14, 2019

“This beautiful three-bed, two-and-a-half-bath, twostory condo is located on a quiet street,” say agents Jesse Weinberg and Vivian Lesny. “This upgraded unit boasts new flooring throughout, double pane windows, spacious living area, and an updated kitchen with a breakfast bar, and ample cabinet space. Upstairs offers a luxurious master bedroom with en-suite updated spa-like bathroom, and two additional bedrooms and updated bathroom. The unit includes in-unit laundry, and two parking spaces.”

Offered at $739,000 Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny KW Silicon Beach 800-804-9132

“A modern live/work space is located in the unique Princeton Lofts,” says agent Charles Lederman. “This exceptional loft offers the ideal, quiet setting with incredible architecture to match. The master bedroom or sumptuous office features tall wood cabinets, providing ample storage in addition to large floor-to-ceiling windows. Currently used as a test-kitchen, this space has infinite possibilities for use.

Secure access and gated, this loft comes with two parking spots as well as additional guest parking.”

Offered at $865,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

check the math on your closing disclosure and compare it with your loan estimate.

5. Review charges on your closing docs.

Are all mortgages being paid off, and are the payoff amounts correct? If your real estate agent negotiated for you extras — such as a home warranty policy or seller credits — make sure that’s included. Also check whether your real estate agent or title company added fees that weren’t disclosed earlier. If any party suggests leaving items off the docs, consult a lawyer about whether that might expose you to legal risk.

6. Search for missing credits.

Be sure the settlement company properly credited you for prepaid expenses, such as property taxes and homeowners association fees, if applicable. If you’ve prepaid taxes for the year, you’re entitled to a credit for the time you no longer own the home.

7. Don’t leave money in escrow.

End your home sale closing with nothing unresolved. Make sure the title company releases money already held in escrow for you, and avoid leaving sales proceeds in a new escrow to be contested later.

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BRENTWOOD Sun 1-4

1191 North Bundy Dr.

5/6 Stunning home with hot tub, and pool, home gym

$4,489,000

Stephanie Younger

Compas

310-499-2020

3/3 New remodel with modern upgrades

$1,995,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

DEL REY Sat, Sun 1-4

12717 Admiral Ave.

EL SEGUNDO Sat, Sun 2-4

406 W Grand

4/3 Beautiful, brand new townhome in prime location

$1,299,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

533 Eucalyptus

3/3 Lovely remodeled single family home in great location

$1,299,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

HAWTHORNE Sat, Sun 1-4

4546 W 137th Pl.

4/2 www.4546w137th.com

$849,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

MAR VISTA Sun 1-4

3981 Moore St. #101

2/2 New construction 7 unit luxurious condo

$949,995

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

3981 Moore St. #402

2/2 New construction 7 unit luxurious condo

$899,995

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

MARINA DEL REY Sun 1-4

820 Howard St.

4/4 Enjoy California coastal living

$2,695,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

Sun 1-4

4338 Rewood B110

2/2.5 Enjoy resort-style living in the 24-hour gated community

$1,100,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

Sun 1-4

4745 La Villa Marina #C

2/2.5 Upgraded, over 2000 sqft, w/ enclosed balcony

$969,000

Bob & Cheryl Herrera

PRES

310-985-5427

Sun 1-4

13206 Fiji Way #K

2/2.5 Superb, private, FR w/ patio

$939,000

Sun 1-4

3950 Via Dolce #518

2/2.5 Beautiful sun drenched west facing townhome

Sun 1-4

4730 La Villa Marina #H

2/2.5 Gorgeous townhome in the heart of Marina del Rey

Bob & Cheryl Herrera

PRES

310-985-5427

$1,199,000

Jesse Wenberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

$919,900

Jesse Wenberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

PLAYA DEL REY Sat 2-4

6209 Ocean Front Walk

4/8 Gorgeous, beachfront home w. stunning views

$8,885,000

Sun 1-4

8601 Falmouth #407

2/2 Impeccable, bright top floor

$770,000

Corte/Wright

ERA Matilla Realty

310-578-7777

Sun 1-4

7765 W. 91st A1125

1/1 Remodeled, private patio, complex amenities

$399,000

Corte/Wright

ERA Matilla Realty

310-578-7777

Sat, Sun 1-4

7520 Earldom Ave.

4/3 www.7520earldom.com

$1,549,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

8601 Falmouth Ave. #206

2/2 Den, end unit, 1367 sq ft

$760,000

Anthony Scott

Castle Realty Group

310-430-4999

Sun 1-4

8250 Redlands St. #22

3/2.5 Upgraded two-story condo close to the beach

$739,000

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

8340 Manitoba St. #4

2/2 Experience coastal living

$759,000

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

$1,399,000

Peter Wendel

Coldwell Banker

310-418-3464

$985,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

PLAYA VISTA Sun 1-4

6241 Crescent Park #105

3/2.5 Spacious single level; motivated seller

Sun 2-5

13031 Villosa Pl. #125

2/3 www.13031villosa125.com

Sun 1-4

5700 Seawalk Dr. #6

3/3 Pristine townhome in Tapestry II

$1,475,000

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

7100 Playa Vista Dr. #101

3/2.5 Rare corner unit w/ patio entrance

$1,099,000

Weinberg/Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

12824 S. Seaglass Circle

3/3.5 Modern features, bluff views in the heart of Playa Vista

$1,895,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

VENICE Sun 1-4

1686 Electric Ave.

4/3 Charming home on private gated lot

$1,999,000

Wenberg/Magiar

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

2923 Grayson Ave.

3/2 Amazingly redone home steps to Venice Canals

$1,975,000

Fitzgerald/Walker

KW Santa Monica

310-571-8008

WESTCHESTER Sat, Sun 1-4

6730 West 85th Pl.

4/2 Bright and sunny in the heart of Westchester

$1,399,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

12236 Sunset Park Way

3/3 Massive private cul-de-sac lot, family-friendly floorplan

$1,995,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

6524 Hedding St.

4/3 Canyon views and family-friendly floorplan

$2,595,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

7541 Westlawn Ave.

5/4.5 www.7541westlawn.com

$2,100,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 2-5

8310 Holy Cross Pl.

3/2 www.8310holycross.com

$1,050,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

7928 Flight Pl.

4/3 www.7928flight.com

$1,495,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

7455 McConnell Ave.

3/2 Unbeatable views of Silicon Beach

$1,700,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sun 1-4

6304 West 79th Pl.

5/6 Lush backyard, rooftop lounge, pool and hot tub

$2,789,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Open House Directory listings are published inside The Argonaut’s At Home section and on The Argonaut’s Web site each Thursday. Open House directory forms may be emailed to KayChristy@argonautnews.com. To be published, Open House directory form must be completely and correctly filled out and received no later than 3pm Tuesday for Thursday publication. Changes or corrections must also be received by 3pm Tuesday. Regretfully, due to the volume of Open House Directory forms received each week, The Argonaut cannot publish or respond to Open House directory forms incorrectly or incompletely filled out. The Argonaut reserves the right to reject, edit, and/or cancel any advertisng at any time. Only publication of an Open House Directory listing consitutes final acceptance of an advertiser’s order.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019 AT HOME – THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION PAGE 21

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O B I T U A R Y

Lois White Becker Lois White Becker, long-time member of the Westchester community, passed quietly in her home on November 2. Lois was born and raised in Swampscott, MA and attended Bates College (Bachelor of Arts in Government) and Radcliffe College (MBA). After her family moved to Westchester in 1958, Lois soon began a real estate career in Westchester/Playa del Rey that spanned nearly 50 years. Many of the years were spent with Kent Realty, for which she managed the La Tijera office.

Lois served as honorary mayor of Westchester in 1992 and was a member of the Westchester-LAX Chamber of Commerce. She sponsored numerous soccer and Little League teams and was a board member of the local YMCA. She was vice president and board member of the Airport Marina Counseling Service and was a member of the Mental Health Guild, sponsoring the Annual Home Tour.

In recognition of her commitment to the community and ethical standards of business, Lois was honored as Westchester’s Person of the Year in 1991 and received the Westchester Rotary Club Paul Harris Award.

Lois is succeeded by two sons, Michael and Jonathan, their wives, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, as well as a large extended family. There will be a memorial service Saturday, November 16, at 1:00 PM at 40th Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, 7855 Alverstone Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045. There will be a reception following the service in Masted Hall at Westchester Lutheran Church, 7831 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Donations may be sent to 40th Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, and/or to Airport Marina Counseling Service.

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310-876-1577 Legal Notices Parties claiming interest in property(ies): (1) 2015: Fusion Titanium HYBRID 4 DR: VIN#: 3FA6P0RU4FR214435 and/or (2) 2004: CHRY CV VIN #: 1C3EL45X54N220077 must state interest by December 1st, 2019 by replying at 8117 West Manchester Avenue # 333, Playa del Rey, California 90293. #25460

Name Change

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: 12/13/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: WE K. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401. 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 1, 2019. Lawrence H. Cho, Judge of the Superior Court.

PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19, 12/5/19 #25892

Notice of Bulk Sales Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice US Storage Centers - Marina Del Rey located at 12700 Braddock Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90066 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenants at the storage facility.

The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions.net on 11/21/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. John Lewis Tandy; James Joseph Herman (2 units); Amy Lou Villareal Canonizado; Francisco Moreno; Frederick Morgan Toland Jr.; Taneshia Rejounce Burr. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

See manager for details.

The Argonaut Newspaper 11/7/19, 11/14/19 #25674

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Fic. Business Name Case No. 19SMCP00427 SUPERIOR COURT OF F I C TITIOUS BUSINESS CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF NAME STATEMENT FILE LOS ANGELES. Petition of NO. 2019283446 OLIVIA VILLANUEVA SANCType of Filing: Original. The HEZ, for Change of Name. following person(s) is (are) TO ALL INTERESTED PERdoing business as: TRUE SONS: 1.) Petitioner: Olivia CARE HOMECARE. 4900 Villanueva Sanchez filed a Overland Ave., Unit 238 Culpetition with this court for a ver City, CA 90230. decree changing names as COUNTY: Los Angeles. Artfollows: a.) Olivia Villanueva icles of Incorporation or OrSanchez to Olivia Cuarteron ganization Number: Sanchez 2.) THE COURT 201506110454. REORDERS that all persons inGISTERED OWNER(S) terested in this matter apPatrickxavierpt, LLC, 4900 pear before this court at the Overland Ave., Unit 238 Culhearing indicated below to ver City, CA 90230. State of show cause, if any, why the Incorporation or LLC: Califorpetition for change of name nia. THIS BUSINESS IS should not be granted. Any CONDUCTED BY a Limited person objecting to the name Liability Company. The regischanges described above trant commenced to transact must file a written objection business under the fictitious that includes the reasons for business name or names listhe objection at least two ted above on: 02/2015. I decourt days before the matter clare that all information in is scheduled to be heard and this statement is true and must appear at the hearing to correct. /s/ Patrick Xavier show cause why Business/Prof. the petition ServicesTITLE: Managing Matibag. should not be granted. If no Member, Corp or LLC Name: written objection is timely Patrickxavierpt, LLC. This filed, the court may grant the statement was filed with the petition without a hearing.

LA County Clerk on: October NOTICE OF HEARING: 25, 2019. NOTICE – in acDate: 12/13/19.

Time: 8:30 SINCE IN BUSINESS cordance1984 with subdivision (a) AM. Dept.: WE K. The adof Section 17920, a Fictitious dress of the court is 1725 Name statement generally Main Street Santa Monica, expires at the end of five CA 90401. A copy of this Oryears from the date on which der to Show Cause shall be it was filed in the office of the published at least once each county clerk, except, as week for four successive provided in subdivision (b) of weeks prior to the date set Section 17920, where it exfor hearing on the petition in pires 40 days after any the following newspaper  of change in the facts set forth general circulation, printed in in the statement pursuant to this county: Los Angeles. OriSection 17913 other than a ginal filed: November 1, change in the residence ad2019. Lawrence H. Cho, dress of a registered owner.

Judge of the Superior Court. a new Fictitious Business PUBLISH: The Argonaut Name statement must be Newspaper 11/14/19, filed before the expiration.

11/21/19, 11/28/19, 12/5/19 The filing of this statement

The European Maid Co. Commercial & Residential Call for a FREE Estimate Cell: 310.569.6265

business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/2015. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Patrick Xavier Matibag. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Patrickxavierpt, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 25, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/7/19, 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19 #25676 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019280819 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SMARTSTART DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING CENTER. 2505 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 1956926.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Early Start Preschools, 2505 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2013. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Sharon Lowery. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: Early Start Preschools l. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 23, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19, 12/5/19 #25888 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019276322 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PROJECT LEAD; 904 Silver Spur Road #402 Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Cheryl Ileane Applemangale, 2 Palomino Lane Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274, Timothey Fitzgerald, 8650 Belford Ave., #117 Los Angeles, CA 90045, Samantha Crawford, 746 N. Eu-

doing business as: PROJECT LEAD; 904 Silver Spur Road #402 Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Cheryl Ileane Fic. Business Name Applemangale, 2 Palomino Lane Rolling Hills Estate, CA 90274, Timothey Fitzgerald, 8650 Belford Ave., #117 Los Angeles, CA 90045, Samantha Crawford, 746 N. Eucalyptus Avenue #6 Inglewood, CA 90302. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Cheryl Ileane Applemangale. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 17, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 10/24/19, 10/31/19, 11/7/19, 11/14/19 #25103 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.2019291397 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BECKET CHIRINO; 8117 Stewart Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90045.

COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Annie L. Pritchard, 8117 Stewart Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045, Frances Leilani Chirino, 4211 Redwood Ave., Unit 109 Los Angeles, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Annie L. Pritchard. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 5, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).

Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19, 12/5/19 #25839

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019278194 Type of Filing: Refiled. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHIMAHARA ILLUSTRATION. 2601 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 206 Santa Monica, CA 90405. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Shimahara Inc., 2601 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 206 Santa Monica, CA 90405. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Craig Shimahara. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Shimahara Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 21, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 10/31/19, 1 1 /7 /1 9 , 1 1/1 4/1 9, 1 1/2 1 /19 # 2 5 28 8 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019278172 Type of Filing: Refiled. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHIMAHARA VISUAL; 2601 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 206 Santa Monica, CA 90405.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Shimahara Inc., 2601 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 206 Santa Monica, CA 90405. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Craig Shimahara. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Shimahara Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 21, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 10/31/19, 1 1 /7 /1 9 , 1 1/1 4/1 9, 1 1/2 1 /19 # 2 5 31 8 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019286430 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JOSTLE APPAREL; 4314 Marina City Dr., Unit 1018 Marina del Rey, CA 90292.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Bryce David Hirschberg, 4314 Marina City Dr., Unit 1018 Marina del Rey, CA 90292. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Bryce David Hirschberg. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 30, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts

with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut N e w s p a p e r . D a t e s : 1 1 / 7 / 1 9, 11/14/19, 11/21/19, 11/28/19 #25565

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019275194 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YALE INVESTMENTS; 12946 Rubens Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Nikki Ledas, 12946 Rubens Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 10/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Nikki Ledas.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 16, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 10/31/19, 11/7/19, 11/14/19, 11/21/19 #25305

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019283658 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ZIA FINDS; 2348 Ocean Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90291.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Donna Humphrey, 2348 Ocean Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90291. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Donna Humphrey. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: October 25, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 10/31/19, 1 1 /7 /19, 1 1/1 4/1 9, 11/21 /1 9 # 25 30 7

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Compiled by Sara Harmatz Thursday, Nov. 14 Mattel Mixer, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Network and nosh on hors d’oeuvres with business, resident and community leaders while the El Segundo Chamber of Commerce recognizes Mayor Drew Boyles and El Segundo’s previous mayors. Mattel, Inc., 333 Continental Blvd., El Segundo. $35; $25 for members. (310) 322-1220; eventbrite.com “Joker” Screening with Director Todd Phillips, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

This free 70mm screening stars Joaquin Phoenix as the famous DC Comics villain and features a discussion with director Todd Phillips after the movie. Arrive early to snag a seat. Free with RSVP. facebook.com/ aerotheatre; eventbrite.com The Byron Bowers Experience, 8 to 9:30 p.m. The rising comedian and actor, as seen on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and the new Shia LaBeouf film “Honey Boy,” does his thing at The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $10 cover; $8 advance. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Joshua White Trio(s) at Sam First, 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The San Diego native and jazz pianist performs various shows with Gavin Templeton, Alex Cline, Anna Butterss, Christian Euman, Dean Hulett, and Tyler Kreutel. Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd. $20; 21+ only. (424) 800-2006; samfirsbar.com Film Maudit 2.0 Festival, 8:30 p.m.

for a beach cleanup with coffee and homemade almond milk. BYOC. Venice Fishing Pier. la.surfrider.org

Thursday, 6:45 p.m. Friday, 12:15 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Experience award-winning “outré” films (that’s a French way of saying “bizarre” or “unusual”) from around the globe inspired by legendary artist Jean Cocteau’s festival Le Film Maudit. Maudit means “cursed films,” so expect narrative, documentary and experimental films that are bold, extreme, confrontational, troubling and shocking. Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $10 for individual tickets; $40 for festival pass. filmmaudit.org

Pets & Vets Adoption Fair, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrate “Adopt a Senior Pet” month with family-friendly activities, complimentary food and drinks and photo opportunities while visiting with adoptable senior furry friends. Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, 12005 Bluff Creek Drive, Playa Vista. eventbrite.com National Foster Youth Institute Afternoon of Learning, noon.

Honoring L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and star of ABC’s “Black-ish” Marcus Scribner, this annual fundraiser benefitting the child welfare system aims to improve outcomes for foster youth by lifting up their voices. Address provided upon registration. $250. nfyi.org

Friday, Nov. 15 Don’t Tell Comedy – Santa Monica, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Eliqs supplies a one-of-a-kind, custom craft beer specifically made for this secret standup comedy show taking place somewhere in Santa Monica. RSVP for address. $20; 21+ only. donttellcomedy.com SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Backed by local jazz musicians, Santa Monica College’s award-winning ensemble performs an evening of jazz repertoire arranged for four-part harmony. Andreas Preponis directs.

The Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $10; free with student ID. thebroadstage.org Nate Mercereau & DJ Anthony Valadez, 8 p.m. to midnight.

Songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Mercereau celebrates the vinyl release of “Joy Techniques” with

Oscar-nominated short CG short “Garden Party” is among dozens of entries in the Abbot Kinney Fantastic Film Festival. SEE SATURDAY, NOV. 16 a live set, followed with by Valadez spinning at 10 p.m. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $10, or $8 advance. townhousevenice.com

Saturday, Nov. 16 City of Santa Monica Wellbeing Summit, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Building on Santa Monica’s 2015 launch of its Wellbeing Index, this interactive all-ages gathering gives residents a seat at the table for discussions of how to overcome challenges at home, work and school.

Sessions include a workshop on building empathy, a discussion of social anxiety in the classroom,

information about cash assistance for seniors, and opportunities to seek develop grant applications for ideas to improve local wellbeing. Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design, 1660 Stewart St., Santa Monica. Free with RSVP. wellbeing. smgov.net Wildlands Community Garden Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join the community in some light gardening of this elementary school native habitat. The Walgrove Wildlands, 1630 Walgrove Ave., Mar Vista. wearewalgrove.com Surfrider Foundation Beach Cleanup, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The environmental nonprofit partners with plant-based milk maker Almond Cow

Abbot Kinney Fantastic Film Festival, noon to 2 a.m. Watch one-of-a-kind arthouse, fashion and tech films just off the famous Abbot Kinney Boulevard. $5 to $30. Cadiz Court alleyway, between Aviator Nation (1224 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) and Roosterfish (1302 Abbot Kinney Blvd.), Venice. (323) 369-5466; abbotkinneyfilmfest.com Venice Seed Library Meeting, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Build a deeper connection with nature by taking part in an heirloom seed exchange with a community of seed-savers hosted by the Seed Library of Los Angeles.

Venice High School, 13000 Venice Blvd. slola.org

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“Before” @ Odyssey Theatre Celebrated Irish actor Pat Kinevane plays Pontius, a farmer who loves to hate musicals and tries to pick out a present for his estranged daughter in a doomed Clerys department store set to close.

Opens Thursday (Nov. 14) and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays and

some Thursdays through Dec. 8 at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West LA. $20 to $30. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com The Binge Fringe Festival of Free Theatre (BFF) @ Santa Monica Playhouse The annual celebration of the dramatic arts continues with an encore performance of “This is Very Important,” about the lives of three women living with HIV. One performance only: 7:30 p.m.

Friday (Nov. 15) at 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. Free with RSVP. (310) 3949779; santamonicaplayhouse.com “Love in Bloom” @ Santa Monica Playhouse This bold and bodacious carnival-style tribute to the wenches and rogues of Shakespeare is replete with magic, mayhem, fops, fairies, mistaken identity, romance, humor and mind-boggling feats of verbal and physical legerdemain.

Now playing at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 17 at 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 394-9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com

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Kentwood Players’ 70th Anniversary Season Begins:“Little Women” @ Westchester Playhouse The Kentwood Players bring Louisa May Alcott’s literary classic to vivid musical life, just before the much anticipated Greta Gerwig movie adaptation comes out. With joyful melodies and memorable characters, the musical follows the four March sisters as they discover adventure, heartbreak and hope during the Civil War era. This is the first show of the Westchester institution’s 2019-20 70th Anniversary season.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays at 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $27. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org

The March sisters of “Little Women” come to life at Westchester Playhouse “Andy Warhol’s Tomato” @ Pacific Resident Theatre When a teenage Andy Warhol finds himself in the basement of a workingclass bar in Pittsburgh, he receives inspiration, guidance and friendship from a surprising source.

Run extended: 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 24 at 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com “1984” @ The Actors’ Gang Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins

directs and plays the antagonist O’Brien in this dark and twisty adaptation of Orwell’s literary classic.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (and 2 p.m. some Sundays) through Dec. 7 at 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $35, or pay what you want at the door on Thursdays.

(310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com Audition Notice: The Kentwood Players hold open auditions for “The Giver,” based on Lois Lowry’s dystopian children’s novel, from 11 a.m .to 3 p.m.

Saturday (Nov. 16) and 7 to 10 p.m.

Monday (Nov. 18) at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave. Westchester. This is a non-equity, non-paid production.

“Department of Dreams” @ City Garage This world premiere of Jeton Neziraj’s nightmarish Orwellian comedy feels highly relevant to today’s politics. An autocratic government demands its citizens put their dreams in a depository to exert control over their imaginations. Dan, a new hire for the prized job of “interpreter,” looks for threats to the government’s authority and its version of “truth.” If order is to be maintained, deviance must be extinguished and imagination co-opted.

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

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Laura Dern in person for “Marriage Story,” 4 to 7 p.m. The American Cinematheque presents a special screening of Noah Baumbach’s new film about the coast-to-coast divorce of a stage director and his actor wife. Discussion with actress Laura Dern follows. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $15; $13 for members. americancinemathequecalendar.com Verdi Chorus: “Sound and Fury,” 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Anne Marie Ketchum directs the Verdi Chorus in selections from Verdi’s “Otello” and “Il trovatore,” Puccini’s “Turandot” and “Tosc”a and Lehárs “The Merry Widow.” Featuring guest soloists Shana Blake Hill, Alex Boyer and Malcolm MacKenzie.

Accompanist Laraine Ann Madden. First United Methodist Church, 1008 11th St., Santa Monica. $30; $40 for priority; $10 for students; $25 for seniors. (310) 393-8258; verdichorus.org Don’t Tell Comedy – Playa del Rey, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Don’t Tell Comedy is a secret standup comedy show held in living rooms, backyards and other intimate spaces across Los Angeles.

BYOB. RSVP for address. $20; 21+ only. donttellcomedy.com Carminho at The Broad Stage, 8 to 11 p.m.

Rising Fado star Carminho, one of the most celebrated Portuguese artists of her generation, performs at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $45 to $65. thebroadstage.org

Sunday, Nov. 17 Westchester Farmers Market Thanksgiving Festivities, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Support the local food bank while enjoying festive treats, live music and plenty of fun activities for the kids.

Westchester Triangle, 6200 W. 87th St., Westchester. westchesterfarmersmkt.com McUke Fest 2019 at McCabe’s, 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Experience 12 straight hours of ukulele fun with workshops throughout the day and an all-star concert at night featuring Craig Chee, Sarah Maisel, Alex de Grassi, Craig McClelland, Daniel Ward and Superbroke.

McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $25 for concert; $160 for full day pass.

(310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Field Day at West LA College, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. YesRally and Lululemon present a

fun-filled day on the field with all the games you remember as a kid as well as live entertainment, hard Kombucha, grain bowls for energy and ice cream to cool down. Take home a killer swag bag. West L.A. College, 2009 Overland Ave., Culver City. $10. fielddaynov17.splashthat.com The Funny Thing About Memory Writing Workshop, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Award-winning poet and educator Shonda Buchanan teaches a class on accessing and recovering memory by reading narrative nonfiction, mainstream literary essays and memoir excerpts while analyzing the work of authors who have used memory as a tool. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd. $50; $35 for members. (310) 822-3006; eventbrite.com Colburn Rising Stars: Roldolfo Leone, 2 to 4 p.m. With recent appearances in the San Diego Symphony, Pasadena Symphony and New West Symphony orchestras, pianist Rodolfo Leone makes his L.A. recital debut at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. thebroadstage.org

Monday, Nov. 18 El Segundo Police Department Aloha Charity Golf Tournament, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The El Segundo Police Officers’ Association partners with the Sunday Crew to benefit the Melanoma Research Foundation and bring public awareness to the community.

Chester Washington Golf Course, 1818 Charlie Sifford Drive, Hawthorne. $200; $750 for foursome. elsegundopoa.org ICE at Santa Monica Free Skate Day, 2 to 10 p.m. Downtown Santa Monica’s beloved holiday ice rink opens up its rink for a familyfriendly and fun day of free ice skating. 1324 5th St., Santa Monica. downtownsm.com/ ice-at-santa-monica Hancock Institute Ensemble at Sam First, 8 to 11 p.m. UCLA masters students handpicked by acclaimed jazz musicians and educators Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter perform at Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd. $15; one drink minimum per set. 21+ only. samfirstbar.com (Continued on page 26)

A LABOR OF LEAVE I haven’t had sex since my last breakup, and I’m all lusty. I really like this guy, but he seems to have some intimacy issues. We went on a coffee date, and the chemistry made things go further than I would have wanted or expected (making out like crazy in the car). My friends keep reminding me to build trust and friendship before sex. But can you really go backward?

Like, is it possible to just hang out and chat once things have gotten hot and heavy?

— Lustbucket A nice thick pane of bulletproof glass between two people is an underappreciated chastity helper, which is to say: in a perfect world you’d plan your dates around one of you getting a job in a check-cashing place or getting arrested and held without bail.

There’s a tendency when you’ve initially gone a little too heavy into the heavy petting to be all: “Oh, well … cat’s out of the bag. Let’s just go straight to the sex dungeon.” However, for women especially, having sex right away can lead to a sort of psychological blinding to their sex partner’s shortcomings.

Women seem more prone to getting attached when they have sex. This is thought to result from surging oxytocin,

FADE TO BLEH I’m a very obsessive person. I went on one date with this guy, and it was immediately apparent that he’s emotionally unavailable and broken. I deleted his number but soon dug it back up. I texted, but he never responded. I know he’s bad news, but I still think about him constantly. It’s especially bad when I’m trying to go to sleep. How do I stop these intrusive thoughts?

— Besieged It’s like that spinning teacup ride, with Satan as the carny: “Wanna get off?

Too bad!”

You’re doing your best to avoid thinking about the guy. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with that. Research by psychologist Daniel Wegner on “the paradoxical effects of thought suppression” suggests our minds have something in common with a defiant 2-year-old, meaning that telling yourself not to think about something gets your mind doing exactly the opposite: thinking about that thing with a vengeance.

This is just how the mind works. When you tell yourself not to think about something, it’s an immediate fail. The mind sweeps around to monitor how well you’re doing at not thinking about it, which of course involves thinking about whatever you’re not supposed

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a hormone associated with emotional bonding between mothers and children, as well as lovers. Oxytocin is released in both men and women through cuddling, kissing and especially through orgasm. However, in men, having sex also sets off a big blast of testosterone. Testosterone goes all nightclub bouncer on oxytocin, blocking it from getting to its receptor.

So just as a woman’s going all melt-o about a guy, if the guy has no pre-sex emotional attachment to her, his neurochemistry is prodding him to say something sweet and romantic, like “Thanks for the ride! Have a great life!”

In other words, the bulletproof glass suggestion isn’t all that outrageous. It’s a form of “precommitment,” a strategy by economist Thomas Schelling that involves preparing in advance to make it difficult for you to break a promise or duck a goal. Incorporating precommitment could mean only scheduling lunch dates in restaurants and only on days when you have a work meeting right afterward. Another idea is getting to know each other over the phone more than in person — with the caveat that you only do it in relatively public places, where turning FaceTime into PenisTime is likely to lead to, um, jail time.

be thinking about.

Helpfully, Wegner and his colleagues found a possible way to stem the flood of intrusive thoughts: distraction. This requires thinking of something positive and unrelated to the thoughts you’re trying to suppress. Even a red Volkswagen — the example they used in their experiment — could do the job.

What’s more, psychologists Jens Forster and Nira Liberman found that you can keep your mind from constantly bouncing back to a thought if you shift your focus: admit that not thinking about it is hard. As I explain in “Un(f-word)ology,” “Removing the need to patrol your thoughts … removes the mental sticky note that tells you to keep going back into Thoughtland with a flashlight to see how well you’re doing at it.”

Finally, because the mind cannot multitask, meaning think two thoughts at once, it might be helpful at bedtime to tire yourself out reading aloud or following a guided meditation on your phone: You’re walking down a beach … you’re looking out into the waves … and … um … oops! Just remind yourself that not thinking about something is hard and yank your mind back to Swami Doodah after you inevitably picture yourself holding the guy down and drowning him in the ocean.

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