Pasadena Weekly 05.05.22 by Times Media Group

Love Song to the Area

AARON 'P-NUT' WILLS OF 311 WILL BE HERE AWHILE

+ Starry Starry Night Gala

SERVING PASADENA, ALHAMBRA, ALTADENA, ARCADIA, EAGLE ROCK, GLENDALE, LA CAÑADA, MONTROSE, SAN MARINO, SIERRA MADRE AND SO. PASADENA

Themespace, Hettema Group merge to form THG

By Luke Netzley Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor

As two internationally acclaimed experiential design groups, the Hettema Group and Themespace have brought imaginative attractions to communities around the world from their respective headquarters in Pasadena and South Pasadena.

In late April, Phil Hettema of the Hettema Group and Erik Neergaard of Themespace unveiled their new partnership at the 2022 Themed Entertainment Association Summit in Anaheim. The two companies have merged to form a new independent creative agency called THG.

“Our two companies match really well together, so it was a no brainer to join forces so that we can offer our clients even more depth of talent and experience to put these projects together,” Hettema said.

Hettema will serve as THG’s chief executive officer, while Neergaard will serve as THG’s chief creative officer and chief operating officer.

After graduating from the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Neergaard entered the world of experiential design as a set designer on the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, a 3D motion-based ride at Universal Orlando. He later became a freelancer for Paramount and Universal, where Hettema worked as the senior vice president of attraction development, before founding Themespace in 2004.

“Erik has been a friend and associate of mine for over 20 years, and we’ve worked together on many projects,” Hettema said. “Erik has a unique capability and mind for management and project organization in addition to being highly creative and talented as a designer. That’s the kind of team he’s built up around him as well.”

In the past two decades, the Hettema Group and Themespace have collaborated on a series of completed and ongoing productions, such as the USA Pavilion at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea, and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.

“With the WWII Museum, it’s about how you take this epic story and dial it down in such a way that you can emotionally connect to it in a fairly small amount of time and walk away feeling that you not only know more, but you emotionally understand it,” Neergaard said. “You want to connect back with it and you feel transformed. That’s something that Phil has always been able to do in his work and something that I’ve always admired.”

By joining forces, THG will become a multidisciplinary agency capable of overseeing large-scale projects around the world through all stages of development, from planning to execution.

Their list of clientele includes Universal Creative, Walt Disney Imagineering, DreamWorks, Sony, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Los Angeles Dodgers, Galaxy Entertainment Group and many others. The Pasadena-based agency aims to become a leader in the world of experiential design by working across a myriad of industries, from theme parks to resorts to sporting events and brand experiences.

“Coming out of COVID, there’s a real need and hunger from the marketplace to provide these experiences, and we’re already starting on projects that were postponed two years ago,” Neergaard explained. “By combining forces, we’re able to accommodate that and really provide our clients with what they need.”

Through merging their two companies, Hettema and Neergaard are confident that Pasadena’s THG will create a new paradigm in entertainment and pave the way in immersive storytelling for the rest of the world.

The Hettema Group’s Crystal Lobby Show is a kinetic pavilion in Macau crafted from more than 380,000 crystals a show of light, color and sound.

We want to hear from you!

Being in print is a lot more meaningful than grouching on Facebook. Send compliments, complaints and insights about local issues to christina@timespublications.com.

By Pasadena Weekly Staff

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel recipient and activist for children’s education and equality, is coming to Beverly Hills as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series.

She is appearing live at the Saban Theatre at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Seats are available until Tuesday, May 10, for $85, at speakersla.com.

“Malala Yousafzai’s continued advocacy is an inspiration to those who fight for

children throughout the globe,” said Kathy Winterhalder, founder of the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.

“She is a hero to so many. The community interest in seeing her has been tremendous and has initiated the unusual decision to open tickets to nonsubscribers.

There are not many young women who have survived an assassination attempt, or become the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate, or opened the largest library in Europe declaring “pens and books are the weapons that will defeat terrorism.”

Even with these accomplishments, Yousafzai does not consider herself extraordinary. That is “simply Malala,” as she would describe herself.

B orn on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, Yousafzai was enrolled in her father’s school in Pakistan at the age of 4. Truly her father’s daughter, while other children were playing with toys, Yousafzai fantasized about giving lectures. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a Pakistani educator, activist, and humanitarian who established a thriving school in their rural home in Swat Valley.

Inspired by her father’s activism, Yousafzai began her campaign for girls’ education at age 11 with her anonymous blog for the BBC, “Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl,” about life under the Taliban.

She soon began advocating publicly for girls’ education and would join her father on his visits to neighboring villages to recruit for the school.

While he spoke to the men, she would speak to the women. Their crusade was the subject of a New York Times short documentary in 2009.

Independently, Yousafzai began attracting international media attention and awards. Due to her increased prominence, in October 2012, she was shot in the head on her way home from school by a terrorist. Not only did she survive that horrific attack, but she also did not let that act of violence deter her from her mission.

From her new home in England, she continued speaking up for the young girls. After months of surgery, she co-founded the Malala Fund to continue her campaign to see all girls in school.

Malala Yousafzai a ‘distinguished speaker’ MLB hands Bauer two-season suspension

LA year later, in December 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work for education and equality at just 17 years old.

She graduated from Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 2020. Her best-selling memoir, “I Am Malala,” has been translated into more than 40 languages.

The Distinguished Speaker Series with Malala Yousafzai WHEN: 7 p.m. Sunday, May 15

WHERE: Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills COST: $85

INFO: speakersla.com

By Jordan Rogers Pasadena Weekly Staff Writer

os Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was suspended under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy for the next two seasons on April 29.

Under the domestic violence policy, the league can dole out punishment regardless if criminal charges have been filed or not. The ban is the longest punishment handed out since the policy was adopted in August 2015.

“In the strongest possible terms, I deny committing any violation of the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy,” Bauer said on Twitter.

“I am appealing this action and expect to prevail. As we have throughout this process, my representatives and I respect the confidentiality of the proceedings.”

The suspension is immediate, and as things currently stand, unless Bauer wins his appeal, it will run to last until the 19th game of the 2024 season — 324 games from the April 29 clash versus the Detroit Tigers.

“Today we were informed that MLB has concluded its investigation into allegations that have been made against Trevor Bauer, and the commissioner has issued his decision regarding discipline,” the Dodgers said in a statement.

“The Dodgers organization takes all allegations of this nature very seriously and does not condone or excuse any acts of domestic violence or sexual assault. We’ve cooperated fully with MLB’s investigation since it began, and we fully support MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Policy, and the Commissioner’s enforcement of the Policy. We understand that Trevor has the right to

appeal the commissioner’s decision. Therefore, we will not comment further until the process is complete.”

Bauer was on paid administrative leave since July 2, 2021, but the suspension is unpaid. Three women came forward with sexual assault allegations, including one in Pasadena.

The Dodgers have Bauer under contract until the end of the 2023 season, and because he will not be eligible to pitch in Major League Baseball until the 2024 season, the team will not have to pay him the remaining $28 million from this season, or the $32 million he would be owed next season.

He was paid his full $38 million salary last season despite being on administrative leave for exactly half of the season and had been paid $4 million from this season to this point.

Unlike other suspensions handed out by the league, such as those coming from performance-enhancing drugs, the league’s domestic violence policy states that an automatic stay does not exist.

So, until a hearing takes place, Bauer cannot pitch during the appeal process.

Bauer can — and likely will — file a grievance. In this case, a hired arbitrator who is agreed upon by the league and the players’ union will decide based on evidence provided by the league’s side, and Bauer’s camp, which will include his lawyers and the MLB Players’ Association.

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel recipient and an activist for children’s education and equality.

Author Lian Dolan to address women of Eagle Scouts at annual luncheon

By Luke Netzley Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor

More than three years after the Boy Scouts of American said they would allow young women to join its program, nearly 1,000 female scouts have achieved the highest advancement offered by the BSA: the Eagle Scout rank.

On Saturday, May 7, the Greater Los Angeles Area Council of Boy Scouts of America will hold its 22nd annual “Wind Under Their Wings” brunch in celebration of the “Women of Eagle Scouts.”

Starting at 10:30 a.m. in Pasadena’s St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, local Boy Scouts will greet guests during a hosted reception and will usher them into the dining room for brunch, where scouts from the Rose Bowl District Troop 359 will lead the pledge of allegiance. That will be followed by a rendition of the national anthem played on the bugle by Bryan Rose. There will also be vocal musical entertainment provided by Gracie Modean, a San Marino High School senior.

Guests will then listen to a talk from Liang Dickson of Troop 509G, who will share her experiences as one of the first girls accepted into the BSA program in 2019 and the path she took to achieving the rank of eagle in just 24 months.

Dickson has served as a junior assistant scoutmaster, patrol leader and was also accepted into Order of the Arrow. She has embraced the scouting program since the age of 12 and has earned 22 merit badges A graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, Dickson is taking a gap year and will then enter Pasadena City College.

Scout executive of the Greater Los Angeles Area Council, Jeff Sulzbach, will give the annual “State of the San Gabriel Valley Council.” Scouting has been part of Sulzback’s life since he joined Cub Scouts at the age of 7. Sulzback has since become a member of the council in 2019 after serving as the scout executive in Hawaii. He is a second-generation eagle scout, vigil honor member of the Order of the Arrow and Wood Badge trained.

Sulzback joins in partnership with the volunteers and staff of the Greater Los Angeles Area Council to deliver quality scouting experiences to the young members of the communities they serve. Board chairman John Johnson will also be present to welcome the Women of Eagle Scouts.

Capping the brunch will be a motivational talk presented by author Lian Dolan, who has written four best-selling novels as well as regular columns for Pasadena Magazine, O Magazine and Working Mother Magazine. She is also the creator, producer and host of the award-winning podcast Satellite Sisters.

Dolan graduated from Pomona College with a degree in classics and lives in Pasadena with her husband, Berick Treidler. Her latest book, “Lost and Found in Paris,” will be available for purchase and personalization by Dolan at the brunch.

Under the leadership of chairman Suko Gotoh of Glendale, this year’s committee, welcomes the community to attend and honor the Women Behind the Eagle Scouts. The cost is $75 and includes preluncheon refreshments, brunch, mementos and supports the Boy Scouts of America. To register, visit glaacbsa.org/Wings.

Greater Los Angeles Area Council of Boy Scouts of America’s 22nd annual “Wind Under Their Wings” brunch

WHERE: St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, 778 S. Rosemead Boulevard, Pasadena

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. reception, 11:15 a.m. brunch and program until 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7

INFO: glaacbsa.org/Wings

Lian Dolan is a writer, broadcaster and host of the award-winning online talk show Satellite Sisters.

FEATURE

Amid foster care upheaval, Five Acres hosts gala

By Luke Netzley Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor

The American child welfare system has been upended since the start of the pandemic as the past two years have seen lengthy suspensions of crucial services for foster children. According to two federal child welfare reports from November 2021 and January 2022, the number of children entering foster care dropped 14% in the first six months of the pandemic and numerous other child well-being indicators, including reports of child abuse, neglect and other forms of maltreatment dropped around 4%. In a joint statement during the onset of the pandemic in 2020, leaders from UNICEF and the World Health Organization stated that lockdown measures could potentially expose children to an increased risk of violence at home.

The strains of the pandemic on the foster care system have been felt strongly in Los Angeles, as the leader of county’s child welfare system Bobby Cagle said he was stepping down last year due to overwhelming pressures.

“They’re in turmoil, and these kids are left in the lurch trying to figure out, ‘Where are my parents?’” said Nicole Rasic, co-chair of the Five Acres 2022 fundraising gala.

As a Southern California children’s foster care agency founded in 1888, Five Acres has served more than 10,000 children and family members across six counties. Their mission is to provide permanent, loving homes for all children in their care and to continuously develop effective means of caring for children and families in crisis.

“You think about the pandemic and how it affected just us as adults,” Rasic explained. “I have children and it’s really affected them being in the house. Can you imagine when you’re already isolated and you don’t have a family? The need now is honestly greater than it ever has been.”

To support the work that they do across Southern California, Five Acres is holding its annual gala on Saturday, May 14, at the historic Joe Fehrenbacher Estate in Pasadena. The event is their largest fundraiser of the year and was canceled last year due to the pandemic, placing a heightened importance on community involvement for this year’s gala.

In consistency with the gala’s theme, “Starry Starry Night,” tall hedges will be draped with twinkling lights, glowing lanterns will float in the pool and children’s wishes on stars will greet guests as they enter the property to the evening’s festivities.

“We had a hundred children relay their wishes to us and those wishes will be granted by people donating money,” gala co-chair Trish Gonzales said. “They’re very heart wrenching. We went over them yesterday and they’re anything from ‘I want to meet a YouTube star’ to ‘I’d like my little sister to have a mom.’”

Donations through the Starry Starry Night gala will also help advance the work that Five Acres does with LA County foster care.

“They support over 30,000 children in the Los Angeles County foster care system,” Gonzales said. “The end goal is to end up with permanency, for these children to be adopted. I think the percentile is close to 80% permanency, which is way above the average.

“For the children that actually grow up within the community, a lot of them end up still staying with Five Acres in some capacity, whether working or being involving in the mentoring programs that they offer, too.”

As longtime friends, Gonzales was introduced to Five Acres through Rasic, who became involved with the organization as a volunteer during independent study at high school. Rasic worked with Five Acres’ Respite Care service, which allows one family to support another for a short amount of time, whether it’s one day to one week, while the foster child’s family takes time for self-care or a family emergency.

“I honestly just went to play with the kids and give them some sort of normalcy,” Rasic said. “The biggest takeaway for me when I was volunteering was that I couldn’t be another one of those people that was just here one day and gone the next. I needed to show them a regular appearance, that someone would always be there and show up.”

Rasic has gone on to serve as a gala sponsor and committee member for the last six years, and is now a co-chair for this year’s gala alongside Gonzales. Both Rasic and Gonzales insisted that it does not take much to make a difference and that seemingly insignificant forms of support, such as a friendly face or encouraging word, can make an immense impact on children in need.

“These kids are our future, and we can’t forget about them,” Gonzales said. “They are little, but way beyond their years, which is a very sad situation. Frequently, we’ll see siblings, the oldest being five, trying to take care of and make sure that they’re 3-year-old and their 2-year-old little brother or sister stay together. Can you imagine at 5 years old having that on your shoulders? As a mother, it just breaks my heart.”

“They don’t get to select their parents,” Rasic said. “It’s not their fault that they’re there, and so community really needs to support them and show them that people care.”

Five Acres Annual Gala WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14

WHERE: The John Fehrenbacher Estate, 600 Columbia Street, Pasadena COST: $325 INFO: 5acres.org

Longtime friends and Five Acres supporters Nicole Rasic and Trish Gonzales will co-chair the organization’s 2022 fundraising gala in Pasadena.

Home Instead Pasadena gives $55K to local organizations

By Luke Netzley Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor

In 1994, Paul and Lori Hogan of Omaha founded Home Instead to provide in-home care for Paul’s 90-year-old grandmother, Eleanor Manhart. After she began receiving personalized care that allowed her to age safely in the family home, Manhart enjoyed another decade of life.

Over 28 years after Paul and Lori founded Home Instead, the company has grown into the largest in-home care network in the country, providing personalized care, support and education from over 1,200 franchise locations, including Pasadena.

On April 20, the Pasadena Home Instead office presented a $10,000 check to the Altadena Senior Center. The donation comes as part of a $55,000 sum awarded by Home Instead Inc. after the Pasadena franchise was honored with the company’s annual Founders Award in recognition of successful business operations and community support.

The Pasadena Home Instead office, owned by Dr. Greg Sanchez and Carter Prescott, will also donate to the Pasadena Senior Center, Pasadena Meals on Wheels, Pasadena Village, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, and YMCA of La Cañada.

“We felt that it was important to give back as all these organizations have really stepped up and pivoted into the pandemic and helped support seniors in their homes as well as fight senior isolation, which is a major problem that was exacerbated during the pandemic,” Sanchez said.

As a family caregiver for his 97-year-old grandmother, Dolores Magaña, Sanchez has long had an affinity for the aging population and jumped at the opportunity to own a business that served seniors and their families in the San Gabriel Valley.

Sanchez joined the Home Instead network in 2015 and serves as the director of

AHome Instead Senior Care Pasadena. With the franchise’s new Founders Award, Sanchez wants to direct the donation money not only toward programs that support low income seniors, but also to nonprofits that are finding creative ways to aid seniors with specific needs.

For instance, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital has partnered YMCA La Cañada to host an event called “caregiver’s night off,” which brings together groups of both caregivers and dementia patients to enjoy a variety of social activities and refreshments.

“ That’s something new within that community, so we felt that it was important to donate to that program so that it could get off the ground and continue thriving,” Sanchez said.

At the Home Instead global convention in late March, the company announced that the Pasadena franchise had also won the Home Instead Spirit Award based on the service hours provided to the office’s client base. The award comes with a second allocation of $55,000 to be donate to the franchise’s chosen nonprofits.

“For organizations like ours, it’s really about giving back to the community and helping our local franchise owners become leaders within their community,” Sanchez described. “Our success lies in the fact that we believe wholeheartedly in the motto, ‘To us, it’s personal,’ because that’s how we operate. That is our driving force in all we do when it comes to the care of our client population.”

Home Instead Senior Care Pasadena homeinstead.com

Tournament House open for public tours

By Pasadena Weekly Staff

fter two years of closing its doors to the public, the Tournament House is offering tours.

Throughout the tour, guests can learn the history of the house and hear facts about the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.

Led by volunteer members of the Heritage Committee, one-hour free tours at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 4. Masks are required for all public House Tours, regardless of vaccination status.

Located in Pasadena, the house was once home to chewing gum mogul William Wrigley Jr. and his wife, Ada.

Upon Ada’s death in 1958, the Wrigley family presented the property to the city of Pasadena with the request that it become the base of operations for the Tournament of Roses.

Surrounding Tournament House is the Wrigley Gardens, which spans 4 1/2 acres and features more than 1,500 varieties of roses, camellias and annuals.

Reservations are not required, and guests are asked to arrive 10 minutes prior to start time. For groups of 10 or more, call 626-449-4100 or email membership@ tournamentofroses.com.

Home Instead Pasadena general manager Elizabeth Jenyo and president Dr. Greg Sanchez present Pasadena Village executive director Katie Brandon with a $10,000 check in support of its mission to keep seniors connected through activities and support groups.

• ARTS & CULTURE

MUSE/IQUE’s 2022 yearlong festival, “LA Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music,” runs through November and celebrates the city’s musical legacy.

MUSE/IQUE fetes LA’s music scene

By Kamala Kirk Pasadena Weekly Staff Writer

Los Angeles is home to iconic performance venues and an impressive history of musicians that includes the Beach Boys, The Mama & Papas, and the Eagles.

In its new season, MUSE/IQUE’s “LA Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music” celebrates the city’s musical legacy with a yearlong concert series.

Curated and led by Artistic Director Rachael Worby, the series features renowned musicians and performers celebrating at cultural institutions such as Caltech and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens through November.

“For us, curation is illuminating the connection point between the inspiration of the artist and the curiosity of the audience,” Worby said.

“We try to follow the music to that magical place where understanding flourishes. ‘LA Composed’ started from an idea to focus a season on the unique musical history of LA. We started by focusing on genres that are associated with LA, such as film scores or the legendary club scene. We also studied with awe the wide range of cultural influences that feed the LA music scene.”

As the organization studied LA’s music giants, it found these entertainers could not be easily defined. Instead, their genius reflects the wild interconnectivity and infinite creativity of the city, Worby said.

“It began to occur to us that LA music is much like its most famous streets — brimming with energy and absolutely distinct local flavor — and yet remarkably global and even universal in appeal and influence. We started thinking about composers, singers and musicians in the place of creation — on these incredible streets of LA. From that point, ‘LA Composed’ almost curated itself.”

The first concert of the series, “Sunrise on Sunset,” debuted in mid-March at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Featuring vocalists Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis and the DC 6 Singers, it explored the music intersections of Sunset Boulevard, the epicenter of cultural revolution.

“When Brandon sang Leon Russell’s ‘A Song for You’ for the Sunset Boulevard show, it was a convergence of genius,” Worby said.

“We showed a clip of Russell revealing his reverence for B.B. King, and then we talked about how so much of what we hear in music today is influenced by Russell. Then Brandon, who is an unparalleled interpreter of song, seemed to bring that whole history of inspiration to life in a way that resonated with our modern audience. To make it even better, we were able to link the history of the song to Sunset Boulevard to give a relevant time and place context for listeners.

“Bringing history and context together with genius songwriters, musicians and singers in a way that speaks to our own times. That’s what we aim for with every moment of every show. We had more moments like that with Nikka Costa channeling James Taylor and Carole King in our Laurel Canyon show. And we expect our artists to come up with more intellectually and emotionally thrilling moments as we examine the history of Whittier Boulevard, Route 66, Highway 1, Central Avenue, Grand Avenue, and Hollywood and Vine in our upcoming shows.”

Upcoming concerts in the series include “Route 66 and Highway 1” on

Robert Latour/Submitted Photo

Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday, June 23, at Caltech, which highlights how the most numbered highways come together and intersect to define surf and sand from the Beach Boys to Beach Blanket Bingo.

On Wednesday, July 20, and Thursday, July 21, “Whittier Blvd.” at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will tell the story of how Mexican American musicians blended music from across LA to create a whole new genre whose influences rang from coastal rock to the rhythms on Central Avenue. Additional concerts and venues will soon be announced.

“I think the reason our shows resonate so deeply is that we ask our performers to assert their own personality, their own spirit, their own unique character and charm into the performance,” Worby said.

“We don’t ‘cover’ songs. We discover their true depth and meaning by attaching the deepest parts of ourselves to them. So the personality of the artists really becomes the conduit by which audiences find new ways into familiar songs. I’d say our work is more than collaboration — it’s a brave adventure that would not be possible without gutsy artists who are willing to expose their vulnerabilities and their true character.

“I never know exactly how we are going to perform a song until I get the artists in a room together and hear it in their true voice. We don’t ask them to conform to a specific vision of a song. We ask them to help us discover what the song really means. For that reason, we are dependent on a wide range of personalities and performers.”

Worby said it’s the same with the venue partners.

“Place matters in the mind of the audience,” she adds.

“It informs the meaning of the performance. So, a performance changes and takes on new values when we change the venue. This is especially true when we encourage the personality and community of each venue to shine through in the event. By presenting music in so many varied and iconic locations, we are able to find ever deeper meaning in the music.”

MUSE/IQUE is a member-supported, nonprofit performing arts organization that makes engaging live music experiences accessible for all. Its mission is to build empathy and expand imaginations through transformative live events.

Members receive complimentary admission to all MUSE/IQUE events. Membership begins at $200. Admission for nonmembers starts at $75 and includes a trial membership along with admission to MUSE/IQUE’s next three events.

“This is more than the history of LA music; this is their history,” Worby said.

“Our secret is that these shows are really about the audience. The songs form an emotional language to tell the story of their community in a way they have never heard before. The streets and music we will explore are familiar to our audiences.

“But we know they will leave with a whole new sense of themselves, their culture and the songs they love. It’s really about discovering a profound kind of civic pride. This year will conclude an 18-month cycle of examining the history of LA music through its streets and iconic artists. We could, of course, devote 10 seasons to this topic. But one thing I have learned is that it is always best to leave them wanting more and move on to new ideas to pique audience curiosity. So next year we will be on to a new exploration, to be announced soon.”

led

Curated and

by Artistic Director Rachael Worby, the series features renowned musicians and performers performing at cultural institutions such as Caltech and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Upcoming concerts in the series include “Route 66 and Highway 1” in June and “Whittier Blvd.” at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens on July 20 and July 21.

The first concert of the series, “Sunrise on Sunset,” debuted in midMarch and explored the music intersections of Sunset Boulevard.

Robert Latour/Submitted Photo

311’s ‘P-Nut’ loves the peace of La Cañada

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Pasadena Weekly Executive Editor

The first time 311 bassist Aaron “P-Nut” Wills saw his future home in La Cañada Flintridge, he was overwhelmed.

“I have a friend who was a real estate agent tell me to check out this house,” Wills said. “It was surrounded by oaks on three-quarters of an acre. I said, ‘I will move heaven and earth to make this happen. This is where I want to be when I get off the road.’”

And he did. Wills moved to the area when he was 30 and fell in love with La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, Altadena and Eagle Rock.

It works out perfectly this weekend when he travels 34 miles south to Redondo Beach for the BeachLife Festival.

“I can’t wait,” Wills said. “Some of my favorite bands who we don’t really get to play with are going to be there.

“The festival circuit is hit or miss for us. The promoters want us to bring our huge number of fans. You’d think they’d want to bring us. We’re a 32-year-old band. I don’t know if younger promoters know how big we still are.”

Wills said he and his 311 bandmates don’t let that get to them. They make the best out of “every situation we’re in.”

“We have a good time on stage,” he said. “We’ll bring a positive element to the BeachLife Festival. I don’t think it’s going to be hurting. Weezer is so easy to enjoy. Black Pumas are one of my favorite newer stories in music. Milky Chance are still kicking out great music and great things. It’s another wonderful thing to watch.”

The band 311 has one of the longest-running original lineups in rock. Forming in 1990 in Omaha, 311 is dedicated to touring, leading to a grassroots following. Besides Wills, the lineup features vocalist/guitarist Nick Hexum, guitarist Tim Mahoney, singer/DJ SA Martinez and drummer Chad Sexton.

During its career, 311 has played more than 2,000 performances across 27 countries, released 13 studio albums, achieved 10 Billboard Top 10s on Billboard’s Top 200 Sales Chart, and sold over 9 million albums in the United States.

Their list of Top 10 radio hits includes “Down,” “All Mixed Up,” “Amber,” “Love Song,” “Come Original,” “Beautiful Disaster,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” “You Wouldn’t Believe,” “Hey You” and “Sunset in July.”

Wills said the setlist will include most of those hits as, for festivals, it’s hard to deep dive into albums.

“Festival sets are a little vanilla, if I may be so bold,” he said with a laugh.

“I feel like I’m the driving force in the band, pushing rare cuts like stuff that fans who have seen 20 or 30 shows haven’t heard. I’m balanced out by a conservative mindset in the band. Together we cover all the bases — the hits, new things they may or may not have heard, some middle-of-the-road stuff, drum solos.

“The crowd will be putty in our hands. We’ll try and make people cry a little bit, bludgeon them with ‘Amber,’ with the softest hammer, rock it out with ‘Down’ and send everyone to bed all sweaty and relaxed.”

Wills likes to relax himself when he’s at home with his wife of 21 years, Abby, and 11- and 8-year-old children.

“My wife and I love to indulge in everything culinary,” he said. “Nothing is off

limits. We will eat our way through town one way or another — or regret not doing so if we ever move.

“Seriously, that’s one of the things that keep us here. (DTLA’s) Shibumi is like another world. It’s like a science fiction experiment. You trust the chef and the staff so much.”

The couple also enjoy Pasadena’s Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery and Sushi Enya as “we were thrilled when Sushi Enya moved into town. We spend a hell of a lot of money there. It is not cheap. They take great care of us. The chefs and the staff are just amazing.”

He works out two to three times a week at SoulCycle in Pasadena. The visits expose Wills to music that he normally wouldn’t listen to.

His playlist is chill, a stark contrast to 311’s music.

“I’m a 47-year-old man in a loud-ass band,” he said with a laugh. “So ‘quiet’ goes over really well. I’ll listen to Bon Iver, Band of Horses, any quiet thing works really well.

“When we get off the stage, after a show, SA and I will play the Bluetooth and listen to jazz or Chet Baker — something melancholy and down tempo. I’ll put on Tame Impala, something that’s not too sleepy, but not too heady. It’s a nice way to wind down.”

The pandemic lockdown allowed Wills to wind down a little too much. He considered taking time off in 2020, coincidentally. But the quarantine made Wills miss playing shows.

“I’ve been playing since I was a teenager,” he said. “We’re fiscally responsible, thank goodness. We’re not trying to buy a bunch of chains and cars we can’t afford.

“If we were going to go crazy indulgent, we already would have. Any financial speedbump or professional speedbump wasn’t that hard for us to take.”

He laughed and said he knows he disparaged — jokingly — his production and management team, but he’s going to “lift them up now.”

“We started streaming shows during the pandemic,” he added. “We had a couple thousand people watching every night. We wanted to take care of our crew and management. They’ve been taking care of us. The crew really couldn’t do anything. It was nice being able to get a loan from the government and have it turn into something we didn’t have to pay back. It was really, really advantageous for us to take care of them. Again, everyone takes great care of us.”

BeachLife Festival

WHEN: 1 p.m. Friday, May 13, and 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15

WHERE: Redondo Beach, 137 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach

COST: Tickets start at $159 for single-day general admission tickets

INFO: beachlifefestival.com for set times

Nick Terrell

/Courtesy of 311

Karen Hochman Brown’s “Red Hibiscus Board Shorts Variations” was one of the award-winning artworks within the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th annual juried exhibition.

Pasadena Society of Artists hosts 97th annual exhibition

By Luke Netzley Pasadena Weekly Deputy Editor

Art has long been a vital form of human expression and communication, and creative activity has been known to improve the brain’s sense of social connectedness while helping reduce anxiety and depression. Following two years of lockdowns and other safety measures meant to keep people apart, engaging in the arts has become essential.

As a way of sharing contemporary art and uplifting artists within the Pasadena community, the Pasadena Society of Artists began its 97th annual juried exhibition on May 2.

“As a group, we find it very important to contribute to the greater community,” exhibition chair Lawrence Rodgers said.

The Pasadena Society of Artists arose during Southern California’s arts and crafts movement of the early 1920s to offer an exhibit space for contemporary work that had been turned away by the California Art Club. Since its first exhibition in 1925 at the Pasadena Art Institute, the organization has become both a platform and a community for the region’s contemporary artists with the help of financial supporters such as the Jeanne Ward Foundation and the Pasadena Arts League.

Through this year’s exhibition, Rodgers hopes that visitors can use the artwork and artist statements within the collection to better understand how each artist envisions the world and to view the work through the artist’s perspective.

“It could be a small detail in nature, it could be a political statement or it could just be an image that’s very peaceful, tranquil and relaxing,” Rodgers explained. “We hope that comes off the paper and reaches the viewer.”

According to Rodgers, PSA members submitted up to 160 pieces of art for consideration, though only 80 could be chosen for the exhibition by juror Kenneth Ronney.

The show’s 51 artists represent a wide array of techniques, designs and media, such as oil, acrylic, graphite, stone and wood sculpture, digital imaging, collage and chalk pastel.

“Visitors are going to be amazed by what they see,” Rodgers said. “It’s a beautiful space to look at art and it’ll be a really great show.”

The Pasadena Society of Artists’ 98th annual juried exhibition

WHERE: Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery, 1100 W. Clark Avenue, Burbank WHEN: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday COST: Free INFO: pasadenasocietyofartists.org

Vroman’s bookstore boasts stellar lineup for May

By Pasadena Weekly Staff

The renowned bookstore Vroman’s is hosting more top-notch virtual programs throughout May.

The Vroman’s Live events are held virtually and in person. Register through vromansbookstore.com. Anyone with questions is asked to email email@vromansbookstore.com.

Vroman’s Virtual events will be presented through Crowdcast. Registration link below.

Kyung-Sook Shin, in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim, discusses “Violets”

6 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 San is 22 and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul’s bustling city center. Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Korea.

During course of one hazy, volatile summer, San meets a curious cast of characters: the nonspeaking shop owner, a brash co-worker, quiet farmers and aggressive customers. Fueled by a quiet desperation to jump-start her life, she plunges headfirst into obsession with a

passing magazine photographer.

In “Violets,” best-selling author Kyung-Sook Shin explores misogyny, erasure and repressed desire, as San desperately searches for both autonomy and attachment in the unforgiving reality of contemporary Korean society. Crowdcast registration: crowdcast. io/e/kyung-sook-shin

Rachel Ignotofsky discusses “The History of the Computer: People, Inventions, and Technology That Changed Our World”

6 p.m. Wednesday, May 18

Packed with accessible information, fun facts and discussion starters, this art-filled book takes readers from the ancient world to the modern day, focusing on important inventions, from the earliest known counting systems to the sophisticated algorithms behind AI.

Crowdcast registration: crowdcast. io/e/rachel-ignotofsky

In-person events

Vroman’s in-person events are no longer ticketed but are free and open to the public. Masks are strongly encouraged for those attending the events.

All in-person events will all be held at Vroman’s, located at 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, unless noted otherwise. For more information, vromans-

bookstore.com.

Booker Prize-winning author

Douglas Stuart discusses his latest, “Young Mungo”

7 p.m. Monday, May 2, at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena. Masks required.

Douglas Stuart’s debut novel, “Shuggie Bain,” was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize and was a finalist for the United States’ National Book Award. His second novel, “Young Mungo,” the product of five years of writing, began when “Shuggie Bain” was between drafts and uncertain if it would even see publication. Recipient of four starred pre-publication reviews, “Young Mungo” is a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.

Born under different stars — Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic — they should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all. Their environment is a hyper-masculine and sectarian one, for gangs of young men and the

violence they might dole out dominate the Glaswegian estate where they live.

And yet against all odds Mungo and James become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. As they fall in love, they dream of finding somewhere they belong, while Mungo works hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his older brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable.

And when several months later Mungo’s mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland, together with two strange men whose drunken banter belies murky pasts, he will need to summon all his inner strength and courage to try to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.

Tickets include a copy of “Young Mungo,” which will be handed out at check-in.

Cassidy Lucas discusses “The Last Party” 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5

For Los Angeleno Dani Sanders, turning 50 seems like one more disappointment. Her career has stalled, her

19-year-old daughter with developmental issues is regressing, and Dani’s ex-husband Craig, a fertility doctor worshipped by Hollywood’s elite, is forever upending her life. Though she doesn’t feel much like celebrating, she can’t say no when her best friend Mia Markle, a flamboyant and strong-willed actress, insists on planning a “creative” birthday weekend in the wild, wealthy bohemian enclave of Topanga Canyon.

On the weekend of the Summer Solstice, Dani and her six closest friends gather in the hills above the canyon at Celestial Ranch, 18 acres of rugged, wooded mountainside where they’ll spend three glorious days hiking, practicing meditation and reiki, and enjoying lavish catered cuisine. They will also indulge in a little DMT, a short-acting psychedelic drug meant to open their senses and transport them to a higher plain. But as the weekend unfolds, long-buried tensions, unresolved grievances, and old secrets emerge, leaving Dani desperate for clarity about her life.

Dani and her friends take the drug late at night on an open hillside beneath the glittering stars. When Dani returns from her intense and revelatory trip, she learns that one of her friends has gone missing. Then another disappears. And soon, Dani finds herself alone on the dark mountainside, seemingly abandoned by the people who are supposed to love her most.

Cassidy Lucas is the pen name of writing duo Julia Fierro and Caeli Wolfson Widger.

Dervla McTiernan, in conversation with Rachel Howsell Hall, discusses “The Murder Rule”

7 p.m. Monday, May 9

Hannah has abandoned everything — her trajectory as a law student, her childhood home, and caring for her ill mother — for the chance to work with the Innocence Project, a prestigious coalition of investigators who fight to free wrongly convicted prisoners. Hannah’s ambitions are set on the program’s highest-stakes case in years: a convicted rapist and murderer on death row.

She’ll do anything to work on this case because Hannah has a secret. Nearly three decades ago, her mother, Laura, abandoned everything, too. A teenage runaway who fled her abusive family, she escaped to Maine for a fresh start. Desperate for work and a place to sleep, Laura is forced to resort to favors from friends and strangers, until she meets a young man named Tom, who becomes her guardian angel.

Rachel M. Harper discusses “The Other Mother”

7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17

Jenry Castillo is a musical prodigy, raised by a single mother in Miami.

He arrives at Brown University on a scholarship but also to learn more about his late father, Jasper Patterson, a famous ballet dancer who died when Jenry was 2. On his search, he meets his estranged grandfather, Winston Patterson, a legendary professor of African American history and a fixture at the Ivy League school who explodes his world with one question: Why is Jenry so focused on Jasper, when it was Winston’s daughter, Juliet, who was romantically involved with Jenry’s mother? Juliet is the parent he should be looking for — his other mother.

Charles Harper Webb and Carleton Eastlake present their latest Ursula Lake & Monkey Business

7 p.m. Thursday, May 19

In the fastpaced, sexy, and very scary literary thriller “Ursula Lake,” a husband and wife trying to save their marriage and a rock musician trying to get his career back on track find big trouble, natural and possibly supernatural, in the spellbinding wilds of British C olumbia.

“Monkey Business” is a fast-moving Hollywood satirical adventure and deeply revelatory love story with a comprehensive look at the reality of producing a TV series.

Christina Lauren, in conversation with Alisha Rai, discusses “Something Wilder

7 p.m. Tuesday, May 24

Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession — or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke’s coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn’t leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man

she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness — and leave him there.

Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: It’s never going to happen.

But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs — of Duke’s past and their own — but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.

Christina Lauren is the pen name of writing duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings.

David Yoon, in conversation with John Cho, discusses “City of Orange”

6 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Vroman’s Paseo A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone.

He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket?

He navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time. Here lies a pipe, there a reed that could be carved into a weapon, beyond a city he once lived in.

He could swear his daughter’s name began with a J, but what was it, exactly?

Then he encounters an old man, a crow and a boy — and realizes that nothing is what he thought it was, neither the present nor the past.

He can’t even recall the features of his own face, and wonders: Who am I?

Obed Silva, in conversation with Greg Boyle, discusses “The Death of My Father the Pope: A Memoir”

7 p.m. Thursday,

May 26

Weaving between the preparations for his father’s funeral and memories of life on sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father’s lifelong battle with alcoholism and the havoc it wreaked on his family. Silva and his mother had come north across the border to escape his father’s violent, drunken rages. His father had followed and danced dangerously in and out of the family’s life until he was arrested and deported back to Mexico, where he drank himself to death, one Carta Blanca at a time, at the age of 48.

Told with a wry cynicism; a profane, profound anger; an antic, brutally honest voice; and a hard-won classical frame of reference, Silva channels the heartbreak of mourning while wrestling with the resentment and frustration caused by addiction. “The Death of My Father the Pope” is a fluid and dynamic combination of memoir and an examination of the power of language — and the introduction of a unique and powerful literary voice.

Rebecca Walker discusses “Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo” 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31 “Women Talk Money” is a collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor and Adrienne Maree Brown, with Rebecca Walker as editor.

In this anthology, readers discover a family who worships money even as it tears them apart; guests read about the “financial death sentence” a transgender woman must confront to live as herself. We trace the journey of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who finally makes enough money to discover her spiritual impoverishment; we follow a stressful email exchange between an unsympathetic university financial officer and a desperate family who can’t afford to pay their daughter’s tuition and other items.

CALENDAR

Upcoming Events

Have an event for the calendar? Send it to christina@timespublications.com

Butterfly Season at Kidspace Children’s Museum

TO MAY 31

Adopt painted lady caterpillars from Kidspace Children’s Museum. Take care of the caterpillars for a few weeks to watch them metamorphosize into butterflies. Kidspace Children’s Museum, 480 N. Arroyo Boulevard, Pasadena, tickets start at $14.95, various times, kidspacemuseum.org

Live Tribute to Mana

MAY 5

This special Cinco de Mayo fiesta features $5 shots, the live tribute to Mana and cerveza specials.

The Mixx, 443 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, 8 p.m., $10, themixxclub.com

Women of Eagle Scouts Luncheon

MAY 7

Author Lian Dolan will address the Greater Los Angeles Area Council of Boy

Scouts of America Women of Eagle Scouts Brunch, “Wind Under Their Wings.”

St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, 778 S. Rosemead Boulevard, Pasadena, 10:30 a.m., $75, 310-422-9202, diana. bates@scouting.org, glaacbsa.org

Rose Bowl Flea Market

MAY 8

The Rose Bowl Flea Market has been the most vendor-profitable flea market in the country. The market is known all over the world because of its quality of vendors, and great shoppers of all ages.

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, $20 for VIP early admission from 5 to 9 a.m., $10 for general admission from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rosebowlstadium.com

Behind the Book: Caltech Professor

David J. Anderson

MAY 17

Caltech professor David J. Anderson

discusses his book “The Nature of the Beast” with peer Ralph Adolphs. Virtual, free but advance registration is required, 5 p.m., 626-395-4652, events. caltech.edu

Dine at Sorriso to Support the Pasadena Senior Center

MAY 22

Dine at Sorriso Ristorante & Bar for brunch of lunch to help the Pasadena Senior Center. The restaurant, which features a tapas menu as well as entree salads and main courses, will donate 15% of that day’s profits to Pasadena Senior Center on behalf of everyone who prints out a flyer from the PSC website and brings it to Sorriso. Proceeds will benefit programs, activities and services of the Pasadena Senior Center. To download the flier, visit pasadenaseniorcenter.org and click on Dine Out & Benefit PSC.

Sorriso Ristorante & Bar, 119 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, various pricing,

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 626-795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org

Pasadena Senior Center Masters Series

MAY 24 TO JUNE 28

The spring term of The Masters Series, with the theme American Art Museums and Collectors, will feature art historian Katherine E. Zoraster, whose specialty is art of the western world from the Renaissance to the 20th century. She will lead the multimedia sessions with examples of America’s more notable art museums and explain the history behind them.

Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly Street, Pasadena, and Zoom, $75 for members, $90 nonmembers, Tuesdays 2 to 4 p.m., 626-795-4331, pasadenaseniorcenter.org

trant

This statement was filed with the

L A County Clerk on: April 13

2 022. NOTICE – in accordance

w ith subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end o f five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of t he county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Sect ion 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 a nother under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly

D ates: 04/21/22, 04/28/21 , 05/05/22, 05/12/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

S TATEMENT FILE NO

2 022079973

The following person(s) is (are)

d oing business as: VOLK A

G IFTS, DANIEL DISCOUNT , SUNRISE GIFTS. 2029 Verdugo

B lvd., Suite #162 Montose, C A 9 1020. COUNTY: Los Angeles

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sevak Zargaryan, 2029 Verdugo Blvd. Suite #162 Montose, CA 91020

T HIS BUSINESS IS CONDUC -

TED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/2022. 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 s guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). RE-

G ISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME : Sevak Zargaryan. TITLE: Owner

This statement was filed with the L A County Clerk on: April 12 , 2 022. NOTICE – in accordanc e

w ith subdivision (a) of Sectio n 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end

o f five years from the date o n which it was filed in the office of t he county clerk, except, a s provided in subdivision (b) of Sect ion 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 a nother under federal, state, o r common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly D ates: 04/21/22, 04/28/21 , 05/05/22, 05/12/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

S TATEMENT FILE NO

2 022083275

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WESTLAKE NAIL BAR . 30823 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake, CA 91362 C OUNTY: Los Angeles. REG ISTERED OWNER(S) Hu y N guy3n Corp, 30823 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake, C A 91362. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS

IS CONDUCTED BY a Corpora -

t ion. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A r egistrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to S ection 17913 of the Busines s and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand d ollars ($1,000))

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 n this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of a nother under federal, state, o r common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: Pasadena Weekly D ates: 04/28/22, 05/05/22 05/12/22, 05/19/22

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF $20,000 REWARD OFFERED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Notice is hereby given tha t the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angele s has extended the $20,000 reward offered in exchange for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the heinou s murder of 13-year-old Ira n Moreno, who was fatally shot by a bullet that came through his bedroom window whil e playing video games, on the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in the City of Pasadena on November 20 , 2021, at approximately 6:12 p.m. Si no entiende esta noticia o necesita má s información, favor de llamar al (213) 974-1579. Any person having any informatio n related to this crime is requested to call Detectiv e Robert DuBois at the Pasadena Police Department Robbery/Homicide Unit a t (626) 744-4241 and refer to Report No. 21012303. Th e terms of the reward provide that: The information give n that leads to the determination of the identity, the apprehension and conviction o f any person or persons must be given no later than August 26, 2022. All rewar d claims must be in writing and shall be received no late r than October 25, 2022. Th e total County payment of any and all rewards shall in n o event exceed $20,000 an d no claim shall be paid prior to conviction unless the Boar d of Supervisors makes a finding of impossibility of conviction due to the death or incapacity of the person or persons responsible for th e crime or crimes. The County reward may be apportioned between various person s and/or paid for the conviction of various persons as the circumstances fairly dictate Any claims for the rewar d funds should be filed no later than October 25, 2022, with the Executive Office of th e Board of Supervisors, 50 0 West Temple Street, Room 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall o f Administration, Los Angeles, California 90012, Attention: Iran Moreno Reward Fund

For further information , please call (213) 974-1579

CELIA ZAVALA EXECUTIVE OFFICER BOARD O F SUPERVISORS OF TH E COUNTY OF LO S ANGELES

3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 , 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2/22 CNS-3559244# PASADENA WEEKLY

Probate

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF NANCY ANN CLEMENTS Case No. 22STPB03461

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of NANCY ANN CLEMENTS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Daniel Pirslin in the Superior Court of California , County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Daniel Pirslin be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to

of NANCY ANN CLEMENTS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Daniel Pirslin in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Daniel P irslin be appointed as personal representatve to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authorty to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will alow the personal representative to take many actions without obtainng court approval. Before taking c ertain very important actions , however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or cons ented to the proposed action.)

The independent administratio n authority will be granted unless an nterested person files an object ion to the petition and show s good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM n Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

Other California statutes and lega authority may affect your rights a s a creditor. You may want to c onsult with an attorney knowedgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person nterested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request fo r Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form s available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: LAURIANN WRIGHT ESQ SBN 177249

TAMRA OTTEN ESQ SBN 302417

WRIGHT KIM DOUGLAS ALC

130 SOUTH JACKSON STREET

GLENDALE CA 91205

C N985908 CLEMENTS Ap r 21,28, May 5, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SHIRLEY ANN JOHNSTON

Case No. 22STPB03347

To all heirs, beneficiaries , creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, o f

SHIRLEY ANN JOHNSTON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jerry L. Harris in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jerry L Harris be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions withou t obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 12, 2022 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the

at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

Attorney for petitioner:

KIRA S MASTELLER ESQ SBN 226054

LEWITT HACKMAN SHAPIRO

MARSHALL & HARLAN 16633 VENTURA BLVD

11TH FLR

ENCINO CA 91436

CN985930 JOHNSTON Apr 21,28, May 5, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF YU HUA SHOUZHI WANG

aka YUHUA WANG

Case No. 22STPB03804

T o all heirs, beneficiaries , c reditors, contingent credito rs, and persons who ma y otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of YU H UA SHOUZHI WANG ak a Y UHUA WANG

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Pui C hu Yee in the Superio r Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

T HE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Pui Chu Yee be appointed as personal representative to administ er the estate of the dec edent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the est ate under the Independen t Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the p ersonal representative t o t ake many actions withou t obtaining court approval. Bef ore taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative wil l be required to give notice to i nterested persons unles s t hey have waived notice o r c onsented to the propose d action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested p erson files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court shoul d not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petitio n will be held on May 23, 2022 a t 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

I F YOU OBJECT to th e granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the c ourt before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code Other California statutes and legal authority may affec t your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: KRISTEN L TERRANOV A ESQ SBN 246433

DEKA LAW GROUP 131 N EL MOLINO AVE STE 350 PASADENA CA 91101 CN986079 WANG Apr 28 , May 5,12, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Case No. 22STPB04052

T o all heirs, beneficiaries , c reditors, contingent credito rs, and persons who ma y otherwise be interested in the w ill or estate, or both, o f JOHN TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Mark Harry Chandler in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

T HE PETITION FOR PROB ATE requests that Mar k Harry Chandler be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of th e decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the est ate under the Independen t Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the p ersonal representative t o t ake many actions withou t obtaining court approval. Bef ore taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative wil l be required to give notice to i nterested persons unles s t hey have waived notice o r c onsented to the propose d action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested p erson files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court shoul d not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petitio n will be held on May 27, 2022 a t 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

I F YOU OBJECT to th e granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the c ourt before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file

58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and l egal authority may affec t your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an a ttorney knowledgeable in C alifornia law.

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

Attorney for petitioner: RANDY D GRUEN ESQ

SBN 105729

THE WERNER LAW FIRM 27433 TOURNEY RD STE 200 SANTA CLARITA CA 91355

C N986302 WILLIAMS Apr 28, May 5,12, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LAWRENCE JOHN O'BRIEN

Case No. 22STPB03820

T o all heirs, beneficiaries , c reditors, contingent credito rs, and persons who ma y otherwise be interested in the w ill or estate, or both, o f LAWRENCE JOHN O'BRIEN

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Perry L . O'Brien in the Superio r Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

T HE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Perry L O'Brien be appointed as pers onal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the est ate under the Independen t Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the p ersonal representative t o t ake many actions withou t obtaining court approval. Bef ore taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative wil be required to give notice to i nterested persons unles s t hey have waived notice o r c onsented to the propose d action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested p erson files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court shoul d not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petitio n will be held on May 27, 2022 a t 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

I F YOU OBJECT to th e granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the c ourt before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

I F YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mai a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representati ve, as defined in sectio n 5 8(b) of the California Prob ate Code, or (2) 60 day s f rom the date of mailing o r personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code Other California statutes and l egal authority may affec t your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an a ttorney knowledgeable i n C alifornia law.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of a ny petition or account a s p rovided in Probate Cod e section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: JOHN S MORRIS ESQ SBN 173014

MORRIS & MORRIS

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 150 N SANTA ANITA AVE STE 300 ARCADIA CA 91006

C N986338 O'BRIEN Ma y 5,12,19, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF O.B. STEPHENS, JR., also known as OLLIE BRADFORD STEPHENS, JR. CASE NO. 22STPB03734

T o all heirs, beneficiaries , c reditors, contingent credito rs, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of O.B STEPHENS, JR., also known a s OLLIE BRADFORD S TEPHENS, JR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Brad Stephens and Jan Stephens Wilson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

T HE PETITION FOR PROB ATE requests that: Brad Stephens and Jan Stephens Wilson be appointed as pers onal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, f any, be admitted to probate The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the est ate under the Independen t Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the p ersonal representative to t ake many actions withou t obtaining court approval. Bef ore taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to i nterested persons unless t hey have waived notice or c onsented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested p erson files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition w ill be held in this court as f ollows: Date: 05/23/2022 , T ime: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 2D L ocation: 111 North Hill S treet, Room 109 Los Angeles, CA 90012-Stanley Mosk Courthouse.

I F YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the c ourt before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

Probate

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the est ate, you may file with th e court a Request for Specia l Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of a ny petition or account a s p rovided in Probate Cod e Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Christina Gallagher Nelson SBN 136182 Fox Rothschild LLP

3 45 California Street, Suite

2 200 S an Francisco, Californi a 9 4104 (415) 981-1400

PASADENA WEEKLY

04/21/22, 04/28/22, 05/05/22

Name Change

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22AHCP00122

S UPERIOR COURT OF CALI -

F ORNIA, COUNTY OF LO S

A NGELES. Petition of PEAR L YEE WONG, for Change of Name

T O ALL INTERESTED PER -

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: PEARL YEE

W ONG filed a petition with thi s c ourt for a decree changin g names as follows: a.) PEARL YEE WONG to PERSEPHONE KIER-

A N TAM 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested n this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated beow to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objectng to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two c ourt days before the matter i s scheduled to be heard and must a ppear at the hearing to sho w cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection s timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NO-

T ICE OF HEARING: Date :

06/10/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22AHCP00112

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ARDEN THOMAS , for Change of Name.

T O ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: ORION PAZ T HOMAS BERNIER and LE O SOL THOMAS BERNIER, minors, by and through guardian Ad Litem

A RDEN ELIZABETH THOMA S filed a petition with this court for a d ecree changing names as folows: a.) ORION PAZ THOMAS

B ERNIER to ORION PA Z

THOMAS-BERNIER B.) LEO SOL THOMAS BERNIER TO LEO SOL T HOMAS-BERNIER 2.) TH E C OURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearng indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for c hange of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to t he 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 h earing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition w ithout a hearing. NOTICE O F H EARING: Date: 06/03/2022

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: X. The add ress of the court is 150 Wes t C ommonwealth Ave. Alhambra , CA 91801. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at east once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the f ollowing newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 2 4, 2022. Robin Miller Sloan Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 04/14/22, 04/21/22, 04/28/22, 05/05/22

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of REINA ISABEL VARELA ORDONEZ , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Peti-

t ioner: REINA ISABE L V ARELA ORDONEZ filed a petition with this court for a d ecree changing names a s f ollows: a.) REINA ISABE L VARELA ORDONEZ to RE-

INA ISABEL VARELA SOSA

2 .) THE COURT ORDER S that all persons interested in this matter appear before this c ourt at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if a ny, why the petition fo r change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a w ritten objection that inc ludes the reasons for th e o bjection at least two cour t d ays before the matter i s s cheduled to be heard an d must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no w ritten objection is timel y filed, the court may grant the p etition without a hearing N OTICE OF HEARING : Date: 05/23/2022. Time: 9:30

A M. Dept.: 26 Room: 316

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 22AHCP00151

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of D AVID JAME S SCHROEDER, for Change of N ame. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petit ioner: DAVID JAME S SCHROEDER filed a petition w ith this court for a decre e changing names as follows: a .) DAVID JAME S S CHROEDER to DAVI D J AMES RYAN 2.) TH E

C OURT ORDERS that al l p ersons interested in thi s m atter appear before thi s c ourt at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if a ny, why the petition fo r change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a w ritten objection that inc ludes the reasons for th e o bjection at least two cour t d ays before the matter i s s cheduled to be heard an d must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no w ritten objection is timel y filed, the court may grant the p etition without a hearing N OTICE OF HEARING :

IN THE ABOVE MEN-

TIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 5846-001-024 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1166 BEVERLY WAY , ALTADENA, CA 91001-2518

X Room: 405. The address of the court is 150 West Commonwealth Ave. Alhambra, CA 91801. 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 O riginal filed: April 04, 2022 Robin Miller Sloan, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly

04/14/22, 04/21/22

04/28/22, 05/05/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22STCP01102

S UPERIOR COURT OF CALI-

F ORNIA, COUNTY OF LO S ANGELES. Petition of AMI MASSIAH , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: AMI MASSIAH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a .) AMI MASSIAH to AMI SK Y that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at t he hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objectng to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two c ourt days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must a ppear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection s timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NO-

T ICE OF HEARING: Date : 05/16/2022. Time: 9:30 AM. Dept.: 26 Room: 316. The address of the court is 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. A copy of this O rder 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 c ounty: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 25, 2022. Elaine Lu Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 04/14/22, 04/21/22, 04/28/22, 05/05/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22AHCP00112

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LO S ANGELES. Petition of ARDEN

THOMAS , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: 1.) Petitioner: ORION PAZ THOMAS BERNIER and LEO SOL THOMAS BERNIER, minors, by and through guardian Ad Litem ARDEN ELIZABETH THOMAS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22AHCP00127 SUPERIOR COURT O F CALIFORNIA, COUNTY O F LOS ANGELES. Petition o f JENNIFER-MEGAN TIU O'NEILL , for Change o f Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: ELLA JAMES O'NEILL-WOLFF, a minor by and through Ad Litem JENNIFER-MEGAN TIU ONEILL and JENNIFER-MEGAN TIU O'NEILL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) JENNIFER-MEGAN TIU O'NEILL to JENNIFERMEGAN O'NEILL WOLFF b.) ELLA JAMES O'NEILLWOLFF to ELLA JAME S WOLFF 2.) THE COUR T 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: 06/17/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: X. The address of the court is 150 W. Commonwealth Alhambra, CA 91801Alhambra 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: April 07, 2022. Robin Miller Sloan, Judge of the Superior Court PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly

04/14/22, 04/21/22, 04/28/22, 05/05/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 22STCP01413

S UPERIOR COURT O F CALIFORNIA, COUNTY O F L OS ANGELES. Petition o f R EINA ISABEL VARELA ORDONEZ , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: REINA ISABEL VARELA ORDONEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) REINA ISABEL VARELA ORDONEZ to RE-

T he address of the court i s 1 11 North Hill Street Lo s Angeles, CA 90012-3117. A c opy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the d ate set for hearing on th e petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, p rinted in this county: Lo s Angeles. Original filed: April 19, 2022. Elaine Lu, Judge of t he Superior Court. PUBL ISH: Pasadena Weekl y 4 /28/22, 5/05/22, 5/12/22 , 5/19/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22LBCP00131

SUPERIOR COURT O F CALIFORNIA, COUNTY O F LOS ANGELES. Petition o f RICHARD VICHEA HORN , for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS : 1.) Petitioner: RICHARD VICHEA HORN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) RICHARD VICHEA HORN to THEODORE VICHEA HORN 2.) TH E 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 cour t 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: 06/10/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 27. The address of the court is 275 Magnolia Long Beach, CA 90802-Governor George Deukmejian 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: April 27, 2022. Mark C. Kim , Judge of the Superior Court PUBLISH: Pasadena Weekly 05/05/22,05/12/22, 05/19/22, 05/26/22

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. 22AHCP00151

S UPERIOR COURT O F CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of DAVID JAMES SCHROEDER, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: DAVID JAMES SCHROEDER filed a petition with this court for a decree

Date: 06/17/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: X. The address of the court is 150 W. Commonw ealth Ave., Alhambra, C A 9 1801- Alhambra Courthouse. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be publ ished at least once eac h w eek for four successiv e w eeks prior to the date se t for hearing on the petition in t he following newspaper o f general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Orig inal filed: April 28, 2022 Robin Miller Sloan, Judge of t he Superior Court. PUBL ISH: Pasadena Weekl y 05/05/22, 05/12/22, 05/19/22, 05/26/22

Trustee’s Sales

TSG No.: 8766525 TS No.: CA2000286596 APN: 58460 01-024 Property Address : 1 166 BEVERLY WAY ALTADENA, CA 91001-2518 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UND ER A DEED OF TRUST , D ATED 01/10/2013. UNL ESS YOU TAKE ACTIO N TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YO U N EED AN EXPLANATIO N O F THE NATURE OF TH E P ROCEEDING AGAINS T Y OU, YOU SHOULD CONT ACT A LAWYER. O n 0 6/14/2022 at 10:00 A.M. , F irst American Title Insurance Company, as duly app ointed Trustee under an d pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 01/18/2013, as Instrum ent No. 20130094197, i n book , page , , of Official Rec ords in the office of th e C ounty Recorder of LO S ANGELES County, State o f C alifornia. Executed by : WANDRA F. ROOT, A MAR-

R IED WOMAN AS HE R

S OLE AND SEPARAT E PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT P UBLIC AUCTION T O

H IGHEST BIDDER FO R

C ASH, CASHIER' S

C HECK/CASH EQUIVALE NT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b)

( Payable at time of sale i n l awful money of the Unite d States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 4 00 Civic Center Plaza Pomona CA 91766 All right title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County an d S tate described as: A S MORE FULLY DESCRIBED I N THE ABOVE MENT IONED DEED OF TRUS T A PN# 5846-001-024 Th e s treet address and othe r common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1166 BEVERLY WAY, ALTADENA, CA 91001-2518

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $ 651,408.36. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has decl ared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company , either of which may charge you a fee for this information If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary , trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information abou t trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)9390772 or visit this interne t website http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2000286596 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction if conduc-

ments that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be refle cted in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way t o verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property afte r the trustee auction if conducted after January 1, 2021 pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenan t buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the las t and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There ar e three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of th e trustee sale, you can cal l (916)939-0772, or visit thi s internet websit e http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, usin g the file number assigned to this case CA2000286596 t o find the date on which th e trustee’s sale was held, th e amount of the last an d highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, yo u must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it n o more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, yo u must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavi t described in Sectio n 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estat e professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against th e Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USE D FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CAL L (916)939-0772 NPP0401478

To: PASADENA WEEKL Y 05/05/2022, 05/12/2022 05/19/2022

Employment - FT

First Citizen’s Bank and Trust Company has an opening for IT Developer – Treasury Management in Pasadena CA. Duties include but no t limited to providing CIT's TMG , Commercial Clien t On-Boarding dedicated I T development support; Support other TMG-IT development needs; ensure TMG applications adhere to policies and procedures. Oversee ongoing software development/maintenance projects. Work with Offshore developer on ongoing software development projects and production issues. Document functional requirements and operations (calculations, technical details, data manipulation and processing etc.). Perfo rm requiremen t gathering, analysis, estimation, architecture designing, development and implementation. Plan, develop, design, test, implement, and support custom proprietary software applications in .NET, SQL, Crystal report and SSIS. Oversee installation of developed software, monitor performance of program after implementation. Provide break fix solution and work

gathering, analysis, estimation, architecture designing, development and implementation. Plan, develop, design, test, implement, and support custom proprietary software a pplications in .NET, SQL , C rystal report and SSIS O versee installation of dev eloped software, monito r performance of program after i mplementation. Provid e b reak fix solution and wor k arounds in case software is down. Project Status Reporti ng, Handling Escalations P rovide Ad-hoc reportin g f rom application Database Working with internal teams or external customer/Vendors on technical issues including software system design and maintenance. Perform applica tion changes to meet th e new software security protocols. Participate in enterprise level disaster recovery exercise of the software application. Requires a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related discipline plus 3 years experience in similar role with 3

Sydney A. Mason, Trisha Miller, and Cassandra Marie Murphy. Photo by Daniel Reichert.