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oPinionLetters to the editor ....................................................................... 5Tony Peyser is going to pot ......................................................... 12

FeatUreUrban backyard beekeepers protect the local honeybee population from collapse ........................................................... 6

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Bring back a Bar Harbor walking path

Who decided it was oK for Bar Harbor to unilaterally close off an important walking path in the Marina?

A long, ugly blue fence now surrounds the entire Bar Harbor property, including a walkway we’ve all used for decades — for strolling, jogging, shmoozing, meeting our neighbors, and, im-portantly, to cross from C Basin to Mothers Beach. It’s also part of a beautiful series of footpaths that enable folks to traverse the entire marina without encounter-ing vehicle traffic.

And now it's gone.now the only way to get there

from here is to make a substan-tial detour and take your chances

on the narrow sidewalk adjacent to the speeding mayhem along Via Marina. this is annoying enough for the average person. It’s absolutely dangerous for seniors or parents pushing babies in strollers. And now they have no choice.

Who allowed this?Yes, I understand that walkways

on a lessee’s property may not technically be “public,” and per-haps that’s the case here, I don't know. But really, who cares? In every way that matters, that path-way was a public resource. so many of us made use of it every day. And, with a little creativity and concern for the community, Bar Harbor could have easily re-tained it, or created a temporary alternative, just as other develop-

ments did in similar situations.this is just plain wrong. And I

wonder if it’s legal.Abe RosenbergMarina del Rey

Your steak causes water pollution

Last weekend the drinking wa-ter of 400,000 toledo residents was fouled by animal waste. With unfettered growth of animal agriculture and ineffective dis-charge regulations, it will happen again in our own state.

the problem has become pervasive. Waste from chicken farms has rendered ocean areas off the East Coast unfit for fishing. Waste from Midwest cattle ranches carried by the Mississippi River has created a

permanent dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico larger than that of the infamous 2010 BP oil spill.

Animal agriculture dumps more pollution to our waterways than all other human activities combined. Principal pollutants are animal manure, fertilizers, soil particles, organic debris and pesticides from feed cropland. Manure and fertilizers promote growth of toxic algae that poison drinking water supplies. organic matter feeds microorganisms that deplete oxygen and kill fish.

effective regulations to limit dumping of animal waste into water supplies have been blocked by the meat industry.

Fortunately, every one of us has the power to stop this outrage three times a day by saying no to

pollution-causing meat and dairy products. our local supermar-ket offers ample alternatives. entering “live vegan” in a search engine provides useful recipes and transition tips.

steve ProskyMarina del Rey

Band deserves successRe: “Blasting off with ‘Bless

off,’” this week, July 17I just read your article on the

shrine. Awesome job, and those guys are the best band in Los An-geles as well as some of the nic-est guys in town. they deserve their success.

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Most people who discover a bee-hive in their backyard would be glad to see it gone.

Paul Hekimian is not like most people.After discovering a hive in an avocado

tree behind his Santa Monica home in 2012, Hekimian — with help from Del Rey beekeeper Rob McFarland — moved the bees into brooding boxes, which provide ideal conditions for a hive. Since then, he has been raising honeybees, extracting and bottling honey, and even adopting more bees by rescuing swarms that have gathered at places such as Tongva Park and the Santa Monica Pier.

Hekimian is part of a new breed of urban beekeepers who’ve developed organic, pesticide- and chemical-free techniques to raise smaller hives with more disease-re-sistant honeybees. But the way Hekimian tells it, he just sets up his brooding boxes and then leaves the bees alone so they can produce honeycombs — and more bees.

“At the end of the day, the bees do all the work,” said Hekimian, a father of two young boys who also has his hands full running both a wholesale bakery and a technology consulting business. “You’ve heard the phrase ‘busy as a bee.’ These bees are very busy.”

The brooding boxes in Hekimian’s back-yard contain a dozen or more rectangular-shaped wooden frames that fit into the box the way hanging folders fit into a desk draw-er. Hekimian glues Popsicle sticks along the top of each frame, then brushes these

“starter strips” with melted beeswax. Hon-eybees will hang onto the top of the strips in a straight line, and they will be joined by more bees that form another line beneath the first one. As more and more bees enter the box, they will continue to form lines and, in the process, create honeycombs. Bees con-tinually fly out of the box and then return, carrying pollen on their legs.

Hekimian estimates that one of his back-yard brood boxes can contain as many as 30,000 to 40,000 bees.

To prevent stings, Hekimian sometimes wears gloves and a beekeeper’s suit — a white jumpsuit with an attached hood and veiled face mask. But most of the time, the bees leave him alone, and he is not afraid of them.

“I get stung because I do stupid things, like walking around barefoot,” said Hekim-ian, also president of the LA Tri Club, a group of 2,000 triathlon participants that he founded 14 years ago. “They’re not going to attack unless you open up their home.”

Hekimian’s work and that of other back-yard beekeepers is more than just a hobby. It’s also an environmentally minded response to the colony collapse disorder that has plagued honeybees for almost a decade and threatens the very future of agricultural and natural ecosystems.

Save the bees, save ourselvesIn 2006, beekeepers began noticing that

many worker bees had abandoned their hives, resulting in a loss of one-third

Backyard beekeepers work to save the local honeybee population from collapsestory by rebecca Kuzins

Photos by ted soqui

beeHiVe Heroes

Paul Hekimian inspects a honeycomb forming in one of the hives behind his home

A hive in Hekimian’s backyard can contain 30,000 to 40,000 honeybees


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of the nation’s honeybees. Since then, bees have continued to disappear, with scientists and researchers citing several possible reasons for the loss. Some argue that a fungus or virus is responsible, or that the bees have died from poor nutri-tion or parasites. More recently, numerous articles in scientific journals maintain a specific group of pesticides is the cause of the problem.

The sudden and rapid decline of the bee population has gotten the attention of President Barack Obama, who had two hives installed at the White House garden this summer — making him the nation’s most high-profile urban beekeeper.

In June, Obama created a Pollinator Task Force to establish a federal strategy aimed at promoting the health of honeybees and other pollinators.

“Honeybee pollination alone adds more than $15 billion in value to agricultural crops each year in the United States,” reads a statement announcing the task force. “Severe yearly declines create concern that bee colony losses could reach a point from which the commercial pollination industry would not be able to adequately recover.”

Or, as Hekimian says it: “If the bees go, they’re taking us with them. One in three pieces of food is touched by bees.”

Already struggling with drought, California’s almond industry also relies on bees for pollination. Bees also play a significant role in pollinating strawberries, watermelon, broccoli, squash and myriad other agricultural and other plants.

Some cities have responded to colony collapse disorder by legalizing beekeeping on private property, and the Santa Monica City Council adopted such an ordinance in 2011.

“The city council recognized bees are a very important link in the food chain,” said Dean Kubani, director of the city’s Office of Sustainability and the Environ-ment. “Bees play so many important roles in the production of fruit and vegetables and most of what we eat. … I think in the past, there was a fear that bees in urban and suburban areas would harm people. That has shown not to be the case.”

Public Information Officer Debbie Lee said six people have received city permits to raise bees in Santa Monica.

For a brief time, Kubani was one of those beekeepers, but he couldn’t sustain his hive. After his queen bee died, he obtained another colony from Hekim-ian, who lives down the street from him. Those bees disappeared within two days because they returned to Hekimian’s yard.

“You need to move a colony at least a mile away, because bees will go back to their old neighborhood,” Kubani said he learned.

The fight to legalize bees in L.A.The Los Angeles City Council has been

studying how the city could adopt its own backyard beekeeping ordinance since Feb-ruary. Some Los Angeles residents, like Rob and Chelsea McFarland, are already keeping bees. Founders of the nonprofit organization Honey Love, the couple has conducted an extensive neighborhood outreach and lobbying campaign in favor of a bee-positive city ordinance.

Chelsea McFarland said she and her husband made the decision to become beekeepers after a swarm showed up in the backyard of their Del Rey home.

“We have an organic garden and we knew about [colony collapse disorder]. We knew the bees were in trouble,” she said.

When the McFarlands contacted the city for advice about handling the swarm, they were told “the only thing to do was exterminate [them],” she recalled. “That’s still the case. Part of the [city’s] policy should be not only to legalize [beekeep-ing] … but to try and rescue rather than exterminate.”

Sylvia Henry is also a Los Angeles beekeeper and Honey Love member. She started keeping honeybees in March after Hekimian brought a swarm to her Mar Vista home, where her hive shares space

in the backyard with eight chickens. “I’m an old farm girl,” Henry said. “I grew up on a farm in Chino.”

Henry said she is “thrilled” with her hive, which has already produced 30 pounds of honey. She’s “read all of the books in the library on bees” and is fascinated by the “whole entire cycle” of beekeeping and the “social set-up” of honeybees.

“I can watch them coming back with their little legs full of pollen. But I didn’t realize there’s a turnover,” she said, explaining that honeybees live for only about 30 days, which means the typical hive lasts around six weeks. “They work so hard, and then they just die.”

Not far from Henry’s backyard, another group of bees live on the roof of Louie’s of Mar Vista, a popular neighborhood restaurant and bar on Grand Avenue south of Venice Boulevard.

John Atkinson and his wife Laura

opened the restaurant last year at the site where his grandfather, Bill Atkinson, and Bill’s buddy Louie operated a butcher shop from 1954 to 1969.

While renovating the property, John Atkinson noticed a swarm of bees had gathered inside a large sign above the building.

“Rather than poison them, we got them out of the sign and cut off access for them to get back into the sign,” he recalled.

The bees were placed in hive boxes on the restaurant’s roof, and Atkinson hired a beekeeper to take care of them. Over the past year, the population of what the restaurant’s website calls “Mar

Vista’s bees” has increased threefold. Louie’s of Mar Vista uses honey from

these hives in some of its dishes and to create its signature Bee Sting cocktail — a combination of applejack brandy, ginger beer, lemon and honey, served with a slice of lime and a mix of sugar and ginger around the rim of the glass.

“It’s not like having a goldfish’In addition to raising his own bees, He-

kimian rescues swarms of other bees that congregate in Santa Monica. He typically gets a call from Animal Control officials, who tell him where a swarm is located. Then he goes to the site, gathers up the bees, and takes them to a place where they will not pose a public threat. He eventu-ally gives the bees to people who’ve expressed interest in beekeeping.

A recent rescue of a 150-pound hive at Tongva Park posed more than the usual share of difficulties, however.

“I did it by myself and shouldn’t have,” he recalled. “I was standing on top of a six-foot ladder, holding the hive with one hand and walking backwards down the ladder. I could feel the bees stinging me through my jeans.”

As part of its education and support mission, Honey Love conducts monthly seminars, including some at its bee sanctuary in Moorpark, to train backyard beekeepers.

“It’s not like having a goldfish,” Chelsea McFarland said. “You definitely want to know what you’re doing.”

Hekimian, on the Honey Love board of directors, agrees that wanna-be beekeep-ers need training before they can graduate to get a beehive.

“It’s scary when you’re opening a hive. But you get to be very comfortable around bees. You understand the life cycle of a bee. You dive into this thing and you re-ally get it,” he said.

Beekeeping, Hekimian adds, is the art of observation: “You watch the behavior of the bees as they go in and out the front door. Are they going out? Are they bring-ing in pollen?”

Beekeeping comes fairly naturally to Hekimian. His father, Kevork G. Hekim-ian, kept bees when Paul was growing up in Houston.

“My dad started out with a couple of hives and then had 60 hives,” he said. “I’ve been around bees. I’m familiar. … Once you understand bees, they will never, ever attack you.”

Hekimian still uses some of his father’s old beekeeping equipment, manuals and other items, and has a collection of old photos of his dad and his hives.

“I got him back into beekeeping,” Hekimian said of his father. “It’s come full circle.”

save the bees — celebrate national honeybee day on aug. 16 at Venice BeachWith the honeybee population in serious decline, it’s important for people to know more about the hardworking insects that pollinate one-third of America’s fruits, vegetables and nuts.

To that end, beekeepers have for the past several years celebrated Na-tional Honeybee Day to educate people about honeybees and promote efforts to keep them from extinction.

This year’s National Honeybee Day is Saturday, Aug. 16, and the nonprofit L.A. beekeeper group Honey Love is marking the occasion with a party on Venice Beach.

Chelsea McFarland, a Del Rey beekeeper and one of Honey Love’s founders, said this year’s event will be a little more “low key” than the group’s previous three celebrations, which last year included a “waggle-dance” flash mob at Third Street Promenade.

This year, McFarland said, the celebration of everyone’s favorite pollinator “will be more like a birthday party for honeybees, a celebration of bees. We expect a lot of foot traffic so we can answer people’s questions about bees.”

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a group photo of partici-pants at noon, near the lifeguard tower off Market Street near the Venice Skatepark. For more information, call (424) 625-8233 or visit honeylove.org.

“ If the bees go, they’re taking us with them. One in three pieces of food is touched by bees.” —Paul Hekimian


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Re: “Which way, Santa Moni-ca?” cover story, July 17

santa Monica Airport serves less than 300 privileged flyers a day yet produces so much harm-ful noise and pollution inflicted on tens of thousands of residents. this is such a waste of resources.

Donald

notably absent in your analysis is any discussion of the massive pollution created by the jets, which you note did increase over the last few years. Also absent is any discussion of the increased research supporting what residents have instinctively known — that the jet fumes are

noxious and cancer causing and worse than car fumes. Closing this huge toxic dump is more in line with santa Monica’s green stance, reduces the likelihood of a lawsuit from neighbors and saves santa Monica money that it has been pouring into sup-port for this airport for so many years. What’s so funny to me is that the pro aviation groups were so happy to let the council make all the decisions when they were getting their way. now that the tide has turned they suddenly claim it’s undemocratic! Let the people decide. seriously — why should the very, very few who don’t even live in this area decide anything for the rest of us?

Concerned neighbor

Re: “Home is Where Your Car Is,” cover story June 26

this article pretty well sums up the situation: We’re stuck with a conflict between people who think that criminalizing homelessness based on the fear that some small percentage of homeless people are actually criminals (not to forget their un-derlying interest in boosting their property values by cleansing neighborhoods of undesirables of all types) and people who are fine with policing real criminals but support diversity along with finding better ways to address homelessness than leaving it to the police.

However, your sub-headline (“…leaving the challenge of addressing homelessness to oth-

ers”) couldn’t get it more wrong. It implies that having the police roust or arrest the vehicular homeless is any kind of way to address homelessness in the first place. As former Councilman Bill Rosendahl says in the ar-ticle, it obviously isn’t. too bad he didn’t seem to feel that way when he was in office. He sup-ported LAPD doing everything they could to chase the homeless out of various neighborhoods

for no legitimate reason except for laws that now have been overturned in court because they were stupid and legally indefen-sible in the first place. One can only hope that City Atty. Mike Feuer can help the city come up with legitimate solutions for the homeless. J.B. Green

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By Gary WalkerLeaving torn team banners, piles of trash

and satanic symbols behind them, vandals broke into the snack bar and restrooms of the Culver-Marina Little League Baseball field in Del Rey over the weekend, caus-ing tens of thousands of dollars in damage and prompting a sweep of nearby home-less encampments.

Los Angeles police officers arrested two men with outstanding warrants and detained several others on Monday during the sweep of several encampments in the portion of the Ballona Wetlands near the baseball field.

As of tuesday, however, police had not made arrests in connection with the van-dalism and break-ins, LAPD sgt. Kenneth Price said.

sheriff’s deputies and a K-9 unit joined police in scouring the wetlands east of Lincoln Boulevard between Ballona Creek and Culver Boulevard, LAPD of-ficer Jane Kim said.

“Officers did a sweep of the area and we believe that some of those who were detained live in the encampments,” Price said.

Damage to the snack bar, discovered by a parent on saturday, included spray-painted graffiti of a pentagram and the word “satan” spelled backwards.

the vandals also tore down team banners and stuffed them into restroom toilets. Baseball bats, gloves and a pitching machine were taken from a storage room, Culver-Marina Little League Baseball Vice President Matthew Wind said.

“It’s devastating,” said Alex Garcia, a Little League parent who does administra-tive work for the league. “My daughter won one of those banners that were found in the bathroom. she asked me, ‘Mom, why would they do that?’ I didn’t know what to tell her. she’s heartbroken.”

Garcia said break-ins at the baseball field are a common occurrence.

“We go through this every year, but it’s never been this bad,” she said.

Wind complained that nearby homeless encampments have long impacted condi-tions at the ball field. On Monday Wind discovered a man who appeared to be living in the field’s score box and fled into the wetlands when confronted, he said.

“I’m enraged about this,” Wind said. “this is an ongoing problem out here. During the season, we find syringes in the dugout, empty canisters from medical marijuana and other drug paraphernalia.”

Wind totaled the stolen equipment and property damage as a $15,000 to $20,000 loss, “but that’s an early estimate be-cause we don’t know everything that was taken,” he said.

on tuesday, the remains of numerous homeless encampments were visible in wetland areas not far from the outskirts of the baseball field.

In one area, occupants had built a raised wooden sleeping structure covered by a cloth sunshade.

In another, scattered clothing and debris included a duffel bag that contained a cache of prescription drugs used to treat HIV, herpes and high cholesterol.

While no one has been arrested in con-nection with this weekend’s burglary and vandalism, Marina del Rey sheriff’s station deputies have discovered stolen property and made several arrests in the wetlands over the past few months.

the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, responsible for overseeing the state-owned Ballona Wetlands, has been locating and removing homeless encamp-ments throughout the wetlands over the past several months.

During a July 30 cleanup, Fish and Wildlife land manager Richard Brody and a team from the Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority filled more than 300 bags of trash with debris from the remains of several encampments west of

Lincoln Boulevard. “there are old, entrenched encampments

in there that we have to clean up. In many of them we find rotting, hazardous waste,” Brody said. “We’ve been able to clean up some of the major messes [in several areas]. now it’s just a matter of keeping an eye on the new messes.”

Before removing an encampment, Fish and Wildlife works with sheriff’s deputies to notify people found living in the wetlands that they must abandon

the area, Brody said. Garcia, rather than be discouraged, said

this weekend’s vandalism has redoubled her commitment to Culver-Marina Little League.

“this is when the community can come together and try to rebuild,” she said. “My kids have been a part of this for years, so we’re going to stick together on this no matter what.”

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Culver-Marina Little League Baseball Vice President Matthew Wind surveys damage to the snack bar’s storage room

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Graffiti inside the snack bar included a pentagram and the word “satan” spelled back-wards

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not even 36 hours after holding a press conference in Venice to tout a local beau-tification initiative, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin was headed to the boardwalk in the middle of the night to cart away the charred remnants of a mattress that had been set on fire south of Windward Avenue.

“I’ve had it with this bullshit. I’m get-ting a pickup and coming to remove it myself,” Bonin posted to twitter at 11:41 p.m. Friday in response to a tweet about the incident by local crime blogger Alex thomson of Venice 311.

“sick of oFW [ocean Front Walk] apocalyptic scene,” he tweeted after arriv-ing around midnight with a city truck, a council office staffer and his husband.

“I’m livid about the incident and the en-vironment that led to it, and there was no way in hell I was letting that mattress stay there overnight and tomorrow morning so it could mock residents, visitors and business owners who deserve a helluva lot better,” Bonin wrote on Facebook a short time later.

the post, on two different Facebook ac-counts, received nearly 300 likes and more than 20 positive comments.

In a political climate where some have come to associ-ate neighbor-hood improve-ment efforts with sweeping gentrification that’s altering the socio-economic landscape of the once laissez-faire counterculture bastion, many are also losing patience with the frequent acts of criminal mischief and oc-casional outbursts of violence that plague the boardwalk — the beating of a home-less man with a folding chair in Decem-ber, bottles thrown at police during curfew enforcement at the Venice Beach Drum Circle in March, a double stabbing near Windward in April.

“Venice Beach is supposed to be one of the jewels of our community. In many ways it is the face of our community. And we are going to marshal every city resource to turn it around. I’m making it my mission to turn it around for residents, visitors, tourists and local business own-

ers,” Bonin, clarifying his remarks on social media, said Monday.

Also on Monday, Bonin said he would follow through with a number of board-walk security measures — including the installation of LAPD-monitored security cameras — that were discussed last year after a driver plowed through boardwalk crowds, killing a honeymooning tourist and injuring 16 others.

“In september, additional security cam-eras will be installed along the west side of ocean Front Walk and brighter lighting will also be installed. I will also be look-ing to increase police foot and bicycle patrols,” Bonin told the Argonaut.

Plans for better lighting and increased patrols got a thumbs-up from the Venice neighborhood Council in December, but the cameras were a contentious issue that divided the board.

Calls for reducing the beach’s omnipres-ent homeless population by enforcing city parkland rules that prohibit overnight camping have also raised objections.

A.C. Kane, a film lighting technician in Venice, commented on Bonin’s Facebook

post that the burning mattress that riled the council-man should prompt questions about the city’s manage-ment of the beach, not demoniza-tion of the homeless.

“Why is it a homeless [person’s fault about

the] mattress? I know people who have had their tent/mattress lit on fire by those who hate the homeless. I wish people could get as riled up over so many people spending every night on the street as they are over one misguided act of defiance,” Kane wrote.

“Grandstanding isn’t the answer,” responded Venice activist nick Antoni-cello. “A reliable sense that someone is in charge of Venice Beach is the answer. the bigger question is why can’t those responsible for doing their jobs be held accountable?”

Bonin said he is sympathetic to the plight of the homeless but cannot accept the status quo.

“We should do everything that we can

to get people into permanent housing,” Bonin said, but that “doesn’t mean that [the boardwalk] should become a camp-ground for the un-housed. We have to reprogram ocean Front Walk. It’s a park, not a campground.”

Bonin supports the formation of a board-walk business improvement district (BID) to leverage private resources for quality of life improvements.

“I think that’s an excellent idea,” said tom elliott, co-owner of the beachfront Venice Ale House and Banc of Venice Public House.

“one of the reasons that some people are afraid of a BID is they think that it will gentrify the boardwalk and bring in a lot of chain stores. But there’s is an indepen-dent spirit here that can accommodate almost any business. It’s really what you

make of it,” said elliott, a member of the Venice neighborhood Council’s ocean Front Walk Committee.

He points to the results of Hollywood’s BID as an example for Venice.

“ten years ago, Hollywood Boulevard was a pretty rough place to be, especially if you were a runaway teenager. We’re getting a similar sort of scenario here, a lot of transient kids that wind up here … and unfortunately they wind up in some

pretty bad situations,” elliott said. “A BID here would have to have the component of helping to move those who need help into a position where they can get help. no one wants to just move people off the boardwalk and not get them the help they need.”

Bonin’s push to clean up Venice Beach also comes at a time when Los Angeles Mayor eric Garcetti is focused on revital-izing urban streetscapes through pedes-trian-friendly landscape enhancements. His nascent “Great streets” initiative pinpoints 15 stretches of roadway, includ-ing Venice Boulevard between Beethoven street and Inglewood Boulevard in Mar Vista.

Bonin’s press conference in Venice last thursday discussed improvements to the mile-long stretch of Washington Boule-

vard from oxford Avenue to ocean Front Walk under another city program dubbed “operation street Lift.”

Upgrades include roadway repaving, tree plantings and repairing curbs and gutters.

the Washington Boulevard project is the city’s second “operation street Lift” loca-tion, following similar work on Ventura Boulevard in sherman oaks last year.

“We are targeting walkable retail cor-ridors with ‘operation street Lift,’” said

Bonin draws line in the sand on Venice Beach boardwalk chaosCalling Ocean Front Walk an ‘apocalyptic scene,’ he vows to ‘marshal every city resource to turn it around’

L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin discusses “Operation Street Lift” during a July 31 press conference near Washington Boulevard and Strongs Drive

Bonin live-tweeted his cleanup of the mattress and his anger about it

“ We have to reprogram Ocean Front Walk. It’s a park, not a campground.”

— L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin

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so far, city employees have repaired 11 sections of broken sidewalk, trimmed trees, fixed catch basins, worked with businesses to remove signage that violated city codes and widened the crosswalk at the intersection of Washington and Pacific Avenue. Dubbed “continental cross-walks,” the wider pedestrian walkways are more visible to motorists and have been shown to reduce vehicle-pedestrian collisions.

“Getting the new crosswalk was some-thing our council had wanted for a long time. It’s great that someone is actually paying attention to the condition of our roads and streets,” said Marina Peninsula Community Council President sandy West.

such improvements “give more life to a neighborhood” and “bring a sense of well-being to a community,” Bonin said.

“Los Angeles has a long way to go to have neighborhoods that are as good and as clean as the people of Los Angeles deserve. Block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, we’re going to try and make this into the world-class city that we all deserve,” Bonin said. “this is one chunk of a down payment on that.”

New homes selling fast in Playa Vista

Roughly six months after hitting the market, new homes under construction during Playa Vista’s second phase of development have already been selling at a rapid pace — most long before they were ready for move-in.

since Jan. 23, 119 new homes have sold in Playa Vista, and all but a few of those at prices in excess of $1 million, Playa Vista master developer Brookfield Residential reports.

ongoing construction will eventually add 2,800 home and apartment resi-dences to Playa Vista’s existing 3,100 residences, making for a community of about 13,000 people in just a few years.

the 11-acre Runway at Playa Vista commercial center is expected to go on-line early next year with a Whole Foods, movie theater, pharmacy, two bank branches and several restaurants.

“I think this latest phase of develop-ment has established Playa Vista as the place where people want to be,” said veteran Westside real estate broker tami Pardee, adding that creative industry workers and young families are attracted to the development’s close proximity to shopping and amenities.

“People just want to be able to walk or bike to wherever they’re going. they don’t want to drive in L.A.,” Pardee said.

The Pacific Coast Builders Conference recently honored Brookfield Residential with three Gold nugget Awards for Playa Vista’s new homes: Best on-the-Boards site Plan, Detached Residential Project of the Year, and Best single Family De-tached Home (for its trevion design).

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Street plan in the works for Del Rey

the Del Rey neighborhood Council and Del Rey Residents Association are hosting a forum on the Centinela Avenue streetscape Plan — being developed as a guide for future upgrades along Centi-nela — from noon to 3 p.m. saturday at MoA Wellness Center, 4533 s. Centi-nela Ave.

the plan covers Centinela between Jefferson and Washington boulevards and is intended to enhance pedestrian use and bolster local businesses. the Los Angeles Dept. of City Planning will present several streetscape options being considered for the final plan.

— Gary Walker

Mar Vista plans inaugural Relay For Life

Community leaders in Mar Vista are organizing the neighborhood’s first-ever Relay For Life event on Aug. 16 at the baseball fields near the Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine st.

the American Cancer society fund-raiser is a 12-hour team walkathon event that includes food, live music, carnival games and a wellness corner featuring meditation, massage and yoga. there will also be opportunities to celebrate loved ones who battled or are still battling cancer.

Hosted by the Mar Vista Commu-nity Council, the upbeat event honors former L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2012. Rosendahl, a Mar Vista resident, will lead cancer survivors in a special “survivors Lap” to begin the walkathon.to register, join or sponsor a team, visit relayforlife.org/MarVistaWestLACA.

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The Argonaut has recently run stories about a shooting at a pot clinic near LAX and about two Westchester pot busi-nesses accused of not being properly licensed and taken to court by the city. (Regarding the latter — if true, that’s a boneheaded move, and you’d have to wonder if the owners are perhaps not just selling marijuana but also using it. However, I digress.) The point is it’s time to take that prover-bial step back and examine this timely issue.

Are Pot Clinics A Good In-vestment? When I see a segment on PBS’ “Nightly Business Re-port” about how execs from large companies are now getting involved with marijuana clinics, you realize a seismic shift has happened. Going into businesses like these now is like opening up a bar (or a distillery) after Prohibition ended: an excellent idea.

Are There Any Local Pot Clin-ics With Really Clever Names? Alas, no. Unlike local food trucks called things like Juice On The Loose, Shrimp Pimp and Macho Nacho, most of these clinics didn’t even attempt to come up with a grin-inducing name. However, I do like Speed Weed. And Grateful Meds is pretty good, too, but I think they’re now out of business. No one asked me for suggestions. This was ill-advised since I’ve worked on and off in advertis-ing for years. My ideas would have been Going To Pot, Reefer Gladness and Yes We Cannabis.

Why Do Pot Clinics Get Robbed? Because they have such panty-waist names. Here are some examples from an official list compiled last June. Mary Jane’s Collective. (Sounds like a lesbian bakery/candle shop.) The Fountain of Well-Being. (I see a vegan restaurant where emaciated waiters smell like they just ran two marathons.) The Relief Collective. (I envi-sion a grieving group where the guy running it was arrested for getting handsy with some of

the mourners.) If I ever had a dire cash-flow situation, I could easily knock over one of these namby-pamby places. However, if they had muscular names like Black Belt Pot Association, Kick-Ass Marijuana Dispensary or Biker Wellness Center, these robberies would vanish in no time.

How Else Can Pot Clinics Be Safer? Hire bodybuilders from Gold’s Gym to hang out near the front door. No one’s going to pull a fast one, let alone a gun, if they look around and see guys strong enough to bench press Quebec. A couple of unfriendly fellows loitering inside while wield-ing nunchucks would also do wonders.

How Can Pot Clinics Make More Money? To hell with offering cannabis snacks and beverages: sell the food people will be craving after they go home and use the product, i.e. pizza, potato chips, pretzels, cookies, basically anything that Michelle Obama doesn’t want you to eat. This won’t help your waistline, but it will help their bottom line.

How Can Pot Clinics Improve Their Web Presence?Hire. Professional. Designers. You don’t want a site that looks like it was done by a friend of a friend who still lives at home, understands everything about bongs and knows what city

the Electric Daisy Carnival is currently touring in but is never certain what day it is.

Are These Clinics Really Nec-essary? Of course, but not only to assist those people facing challenging medical issues. There is also another reason: to bring about world peace. The most bitter ongoing conflict now isn’t in the Middle East. It’s between people on Yelp and the various businesses they frequent. That site, as many of you well know, is the intergalactic ground zero for whining, where people who have nothing good to say about anything trash everything. You would assume that their pages would be lousy with potshots about pot shops. And yet you would be, I’m happy to report, colossally wrong. Amazingly, there is a decided lack of com-plaining on Yelp about medical marijuana clinics. This isn’t just good for this burgeoning busi-ness sector but the entire planet. Put that in your pipe and … you know the rest. A virtual Los Angeles native, Tony Peyser has worked as a journal-ist, advertising copywriter, music columnist and editorial cartoonist, but he prefers poetry because that’s where the big bucks are. His poetry blog is the conveniently named Pey-serPoem.blogspot.com. He’s also been a skip tracer, a stevedore and a carnival barker. (OK, he never re-ally worked in any of those capaci-ties but, c’mon, you have to admit they really spruce up a resume.)

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By Michael aushenkerMusically, it’s hard to be your own man

in this world — especially playing the blues in 2014, with contemporary pop and rap dominating the charts.

Yet eclectic bluesman Dennis Jones not only survives but thrives.

“Blues is the roots of what I do. I had so many influences. Frank Zappa: his lyrics, his sense of humor. He did his own thing. I like making people laugh, making them cry,” said Jones, whose eponymous band plays Harvelle’s in santa Monica once again on saturday.

Dubbing themselves “a rockin' blues power trio,” Dennis Jones Band has maintained a monthly residency at Har-velle’s for four years now. With drummer Michael turner and bassist sam Correa,

Dennis Jones Band plays all over Califor-nia and beyond, including a recent Pacific northwest tour.

In addition to Zappa, Jones’ influences growing up included Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Carlos santana. He also digs Kirk Fletcher, Guitar shorty, Joe Bonamassa, eric Johnson and Derek trucks.

Vocally, Jones evinces shades of Hen-drix. But the Baltimore-bred blues guitarist is loath to pay direct tribute to his heroes (save for an occasional cover), because what Jones loves best is perform-ing his own compositions.

“Hot sauce,” a musical mutt of blues, rock and country, delivers an offbeat the-matic spin on Willie Dixon's “Back Door Man” that quickly segues from condiment

to metaphor (“I'll take the burger, take the fries / hot sauce brings tears to my eyes / wanna feel it burn, wanna feel it sting”).

“superdeluxe” presents a guy who falls hard for a lady after a fling, only to be spurned when he pops the question: “You will be my wife someday / buy a house and a Chevrolet / having you is like a dream come true / You said no way / I ain't gonna marry you / have some man tell me what I'm gonna do.”

“sometimes I have a conversation with a friend of mine, I write an idea on a nap-kin, go home and I’ve got a song,” Jones said of his process. And unlike the cliché of turmoil informing creation, Jones, in a stable relationship for six years, added, “to tell you the truth, I’m way over chaos! I don’t want any drama in my life.”

Instead, “I like people to think. You

almost can guess the next line sometimes [in a blues song]. I try to be more thought-provoking about the lyrics,” he continued of songs such as the ambiguous “Big Black Cat,” which “most people think it’s about a woman” but actually addresses the African-American struggle, and the slow-burning “stray Bullet” (“You lie to my face now I’m lying on my back”) that plays with multiple meanings.

Jones, an L.A. resident who has opened for Los Lobos and the late Johnny Winter, draws from a diversity of influences that don’t always filter into his sound.

“even if I don’t play like those guys, [I like] their attitude,” he said.

Gigging is a constant hustle.“I do this for a living; it’s not a part-time

job. I have to go where the money is,”

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Above: Dennis Jones channels shades of Hendrix, Page and Santana; Inset: Drummer Michael Turner keeps a rock-solid beat

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“Beer nirvana,” the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Cruise 'n' Brews craft beer tasting party sets sail saturday from Marina del Rey harbor.

this year, sponsors Horn-blower Cruises & events, tony P’s Dockside Grill and Venice Paparazzi welcome a sobriety-smashing 45 breweries to take part in the young professionals mix-and-mingle event aboard the 145-foot, triple-deck Hornblower yacht entertainer.

Chamber Creative Director Kir-by Israelson promises a fun event aimed at the 20s-through-40s set, with an expanded food menu and some new beers on the block.

“We have a few local brewer-ies just starting in the area,” she said — among them Cosmic Brewery of Playa del Rey and the Venice Duck Brewery, backed by the folks behind Westchester’s Melody Bar & Grill.

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the outside-the-glass entertain-ment is also more ambitious this year, with a floor devoted to a Venice Paparazzi photo booth, another for deejays and dance, and the top deck offering the tast-ings with an unobstructed view of the marina.

“Every floor will offer a differ-ent type of vibe,” Israelson said, adding that only 350 tickets are available and they’re going fast.

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When I walked into tompkins square, it wasn’t with the expectation that the restaurant was actually square — it’s obvious from the curving exterior that this bar and grill was shoehorned into part of a building with a distinct shortage of right angles. When I asked a server about the reason for the name, she told me that the place is owned by brothers named tompkins and named after a park in new York.I looked up the history of the

east Coast tompkins square and discovered the place is most famous for multiple historic riots, which is not something that seems to be likely to happen here. It’s a cozy, old-fashioned place where the highlight of the night seemed destined to be the trivia contest that was scheduled for later that evening. this is at least nominally a sports bar and there were tVs all over the place, but everybody was ignoring them, and the pleasant soundtrack of ‘70s eclectica at moderate volume encouraged conversation. the menu is heavy on burgers,

and we saw some intimidatingly large ones go by, but we had other ideas that particular evening. A reader had tipped me that they make a very good ribeye, so we were on the hunt for steak. First, however, we had to whet

the appetite with a few starters, plus a little something from the long, old-fashioned bar that stretches from one end of the room to the other. they serve cocktails here, but the attraction is obviously their extensive beer selection, which includes many microbrews and Belgian Chimay ales on tap. It’s a great list, but with no prices — a practice puzzling to customers, irritating to servers and for which there is no excuse. We decided to order a fresh, fruity Chimay trappist and a st. Bernardus, a dark, spicy ale that's worth savoring. For our starters we had a bowl

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velvet cake, warm cookie with ice cream, or homemade moon pie — but we decided to enjoy another craft beer and call it an evening. It had been a modestly priced night out: at $26 that steak was by far the most expensive item, and even if the chicken had stayed on the bill we would have spent only $63 for dinner. since we took some salad and most of the pasta home, we had another meal for the next day. overall, tompkins square is an everyday enjoyment, a locals’ joint that has ambition and more often than not gets things right.

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“An Evening on the Beach,” 6 p.m. Guests are treated to food from some of the best chefs and vintners in Los Angeles, featuring specialty cocktails, music and a crackling fire. Dress: casual; shoes: optional. Proceeds go to st. Vincent Meals on Wheels, which feeds homebound seniors citywide. $160. Jonathan Beach Club, 850 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. eveningonthebeach.com.

Yana Reznik and Marina del Rey Sym-phony Orchestra, 7 p.m. the accomplished Chicago-based pianist joins conductor Frank Fetta and his orchestra for night of movie scores, including John Williams’ music for “star Wars,” at Burton Chace Park, 1350 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 305-9595; beaches.lacounty.gov

Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts, Orquesta Charangoa, 7 p.m. Brazilian singer Moraes leads a repertoire of samba music while or-questa performs Charanga-style Cuban music in a free outdoor double bill the courtyard at Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. culvercity.org

Balance and Fitness Class, 7 p.m. Free class offered thursdays; also 9:45 a.m. on satur-days. Class builds total core strength with squats, push-ups, lunges and other techniques

utilizing StrongBoard Balance, a new fitness product. Equipment provided on a first-come, first-served basis. $5 donation recommended, with proceeds earmarked for Heal the Bay. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 804-0514; strongboard-balance.com

Jagwar Ma, with KCRW DJ Jason Bentley, 7 p.m. the sydney duo puts the jangling stomp in Australian alt rock during a free twilight Concert series performance at santa Monica Pier. no cover. santamonicapier.org

Katia Moraes & Brazilian Hearts, Orquesta Charangoa, 7 p.m. Brazilian singer Moraes leads a repertoire of samba music while or-questa performs Charanga-style Cuban music in a free outdoor double bill the courtyard at Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. culvercity.org

Sundown Stand-Up: Venice Beach Revival, 8 p.m. each thursday, area comedians bring spoken word and comedy performance back to the Venice Bistro, 323 ocean Front Walk, Venice. no cover. (310) 392-3997; thevenice-bistro.com

Sirens Section, 8 p.m. the band heads a bill that includes esko, oliviero, Dirty Birdy and stryfe and performs songs off their debut album, “All We Want All at once.” no cover., tRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

Friday, Aug. 8Cigar & Whiskey Night, 5 p.m. Grab a $5 cigar from Hollywood smoke and hoist a $5 bourbon by Bulleit while learning to roll cigars. Last Friday of each month on the patio. Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com

“Poetrypalooza,” 8 p.m. Poetrypalooza features live music, open mic and workshops. Sponsored by Zzyzx, WriterZ and Nuvein Foundation for Literature and the Arts. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

“How to Train Your Dragon,” 8:30 p.m. santa Monica’s “Cinema on the street” series continues with DreamWorks Animation’s 2010 crowd-pleaser about the misadventures of a boy named Hiccup and his dragon toothless,

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Zach Provost, 10 p.m. the singer-songwriter performs songs off of his latest eP, “Heart of the Moment.” Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com

Sadie Rose Van, 11 p.m. the “American Idol” contestant belts out popular music at the Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. All ages; 1 item minimum. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com

Elvis H. Christ and the Suicidal Kings, 11:30 p.m. simultaneous tribute and parody, the L.A. band promises to “spread the word of ‘the Big e,’ through the language of punk, metal and rock ’n’ roll.” they say “We are all moving in peace and harmony towards elvis-ness: soon, all will become elvis.” trip, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., santa Monica. no cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

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Freshwater Marsh Tours, 10 to 11 a.m. A look at the native animals, plants and how a freshwa-ter system works. second and fourth saturday of each month. Meet at parking lot behind Gordon’s Market, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org

Free Crafts Lounge, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Create your own arts and crafts with a Pacific Ocean view. second saturdays. 1450 ocean Ave, santa Monica. (310) 458-2239; email [email protected]

“Pippi Longstocking,” 1 to 2 p.m. A slap-stick stage show based on Astrid Lindgren’s novels and various films following the life of Pippi Longstocking, who likes to dance with burglars, fight the strongest man in the world and play tag with police officers. Recommend-ed for ages 3 and up; also on sunday, same time. Runs until sept. 7 at Promenade Play-house, 1404 3rd st. Promenade, santa Monica. $12 to $20. (310) 804-0223; creatingarts.org

“Crazy/Bitch,” 2 p.m. A reading of Jennie Webb’s play about genealogy and rogue taxi-dermy featuring three women in Los Angeles grappling with expectations and reality. santa Monica Public Library, 601 santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. First come, first seated. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org

Saturday Jam Sessions, 2 to 6 p.m. Hang out with cool musicians and jam out on stage. Open to all; first come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., santa Monica. no cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!” 3 to 4 p.m. A musical based on cartoonist Charles

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“Despicable Me,” 7 p.m. Bring a picnic basket, find a spot in front of the large outdoor screen and see the hit family-friendly animated film voiced by Steve Carell. Part of the Free Marina Movie nights series at Burton Chace Park, 1350 Mindanao Way Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9595; beaches.lacounty.gov

DJs and Waves, 8 p.m. Dance under the stars and enjoy special summer dinner and cocktail menus at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Ma-rina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com

Richard Vargas and Alex Fancher, 8 p.m. Featured: Vargas’s newest poetry collection, “Guernica, Revisited.” Beyond Baroque Liter-ary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

Dennis Jones Band, 9 p.m. Baltimore-bred blues guitarist Jones returns with his trio to deliver such scorching Jones originals as “su-perdeluxe” and “Hot sauce.” Harvelle’s, 1432 4th st., santa Monica. $10; 21 & over; two drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; dennisjones-central.com

Siren Section, midnight. the band heads a bill that includes esko, oliviero, Dirty Birdy and stryfe and performs songs off their debut album, “All We Want All at once.” thursday, August 7th at the www.tripsantamonica.com trip in santa Monica. 8:00pm. Free.


Culver City Farmers MarketTuesdays, 2 to 7 p.m.Main Street, between Venice and Culver culvercity.org

Westchester Farmers MarketWednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.7000 W. Manchester Ave., Westchesterwestchesterfarmersmarket.com

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Playa Vista Night MarketWednesdays, 4 to 8 p.m.6400 S. Seabluff Drive, Playa Vistaplayavistafm.com

Marina del Rey Farmers MarketThursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey marinadelrey.lacounty.gov

Beach EatsThursdays, 5 to 9 p.m.Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey marinadelrey.lacounty.gov

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Presentation series continues featuring the author of the biography of Californian aviation pioneer

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The author of “Quest for Flight”, Craig S. Harwood will provide a talk on the biography that he wrote about his great grand uncle, John J. Montgomery on Sunday, August 10, 2014 beginning at 2:00 pm. Montgomery has been credited with completing the first controlled flights of a heavier-than-air craft in the Western Hemi-sphere near San Diego, California in 1883.

Montgomery is also believed to have been the creator of what is known today as the aileron. Years later, Glenn Curtis was awarded the patent on the aileron.

As a scientist researching the laws of flight, Montgomery invented basic methods of aircraft control and stability, and refined his theories in aerodynamics over decades of research.

“Quest for Flight” is an award winning multi-nominated book that will serve as the basis for an entertaining and educational presentation by the author Harwood as he weaves the fascinating story of how Montgomery and a cavalcade of characters (all Californians) collectively transformed science fiction into reality.

Montgomery’s work gave impetus to those who established California’s burgeoning aviation industry of the 1920’s and the 1930’s. Copies of this book, which won the Great Southwest Festival (2014) will be available for purchase and personal inscription by the author.

The Museum of Flying invites you to join us for this interesting presentation on Sunday, August 10, 2014, beginning at 2:00 pm.

The Museum of Flying is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that also serves as the home to the recently established California Aviation Hall of Fame. The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, and $6 for children aged 6 to 12, children 5 and under are free. The Museum is located at 3100 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405. For more information visit www.MuseumofFlying.com or call 310-398-2500.

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Sunday, Aug. 10Soapbox Open Reading, 1:45 p.m. Jessica Wilson hosts an open mic poetry slam at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

Salt Marsh and Dune Tours, 1 to 3 p.m. Learn about and explore the coastal ecosystem. second sunday of each month. Meet at parking lot behind Gordon’s Market, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 306-5994; ballonafriends.org

Seaside Soireé, 2 to 9 p.m. silent Dance Parties (utilizing headphones) run sundays throughout summer on the west end of santa Monica Pier. $10. silentfrisco.com

“Is There a Debt Owed to Black America?” 6 p.m. speakers Kelvin sauls and Bob Gordh will expound on how racial equality can be achieved, despite inequality existing in wealth, education, employment, health, and other measures. Discussion to follow. Hosted by Committee for Racial Jus-tice at Virginia Avenue Park, thelma terry Building, 2200 Virginia Ave., santa Monica. (310) 422-5431

Scott Whyte Band, 5 to 6:30 p.m. the former child actor from the south Bay plays originals and Beat-les covers such as “something” and “Lady Madonna.” Free. el segundo Library Park, 101 W. Mariposa Ave., el segundo. (310) 524-2700; elsegundo.org

Jazz on the Lawn, 5 p.m. Adaawe, a group of seven women performs an international fusion of African music, R&B/pop, jazz-funk, Latin and reggae steeped in Gospel harmonies. Food trucks the Lobos truck and A RoCKin ICe Hawaiian shave Ice also make an appearance. Free parking available after 3:30 p.m. along with free bike valet at 4 p.m. stewart street Park; 1836 stewart st.; santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8350; smgov.net/jazz

Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Lo-cal bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com

The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A cabaret show held on sunday nights at Har-velle’s, 1432 4th st., santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Live Blues and Soul at the Brig, 10:30 p.m. the Abbot Kinney bar features live blues and soul every Wednesday night. no cover. the Brig, 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 399-7537; thebrig.com

Monday, Aug. 11Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892

Balance and Mobility Program, noon to 1:30 p.m. For people who feel unsteady on their feet and have concerns about falling, this program helps improve confidence, posture and reduce risk of falling. $15 per class; also meets thursdays. Holy nativity Parish, 6700 W. 83rd st., Westchester. (310) 670-4777; spiritedbalance.com

Learn to Knit, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Knit-ting classes every Monday at santa Monica Public Library, 601 santa

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Music and Me Class, 5:30 p.m. Music classes for children half a year to four years old in both Russian and english, includes guitar, drums, voice and violin lessons. Kids can enjoy singing and dancing to music, learn-ing rhymes, counting and colors. $18 per class. Music teacher LA, 1400 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 488-3361; musicteacherLA.com

Comics on the Spot, 7:45 p.m. Weekly Monday-night stand up com-edy show, following a 7 p.m. open mic, at the Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty way, Marina del Rey; $5, no drink minimum. to sign up, call Vicky at (310) 883-4177.

Stand Up Mondays, 8 to 10 p.m. Live comedy every Monday at Danny’s Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. no cover. (310) 566-5610; dannysvenice.com

Tuesday, Aug. 12Tidewater Goby Exhibit, 2 p.m. the tidewater goby, an endangered species featured in only one other aquarium in the nation, takes center underwater stage in a special exhibit alongside 100 other types of local marine life at the santa Monica Pier Aquarium. $5; kids 12 and under free. (310) 393-6149; healthebay.org


“Sordid Lives,” 8 p.m. the Kentwood Players present a black comedy centering on a family from a texas town who must grapple with the death of the elderly family matriarch during her clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with a young married neighbor. Adult situations and language. Continues through Aug. 16, running Fridays and saturdays at 8 p.m. and sundays at 2 p.m., at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kent-woodplayers.org

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Look for the comic book-graphic sensibilities of Venice artist Curtis Hoekzema’s landscapes, the way sunshine hits the crevices and interstices between buildings in the southern California geometry of Arleen G. Hendler’s oils, and the quasi-representational investigation of figurative imagery on elliot elgart’s canvases.

ocean Park resident otella Wruck describes her entries “thicket” and “Paisley” as blend-ing passages of black-and-white calligraphic ink drawings with patterned color fabric and gestural marks.

“‘thicket’ is a look into a space that feels un-known and also familiar, creating both challenge and comfort,” she said.

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traveling has allowed de Heras to collect objects to incorporate into his work, including Mexican tablecloths and packaging materials, as circles and squares represent Buddhist and Hindu concepts of contemplation.

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Like a short-fiction anthology or a friend’s mix tape, some individual artists may resonate more than others, but it’s that collision of styles and objectives that makes summer exhibition’s viewing experience eclectic and interesting.FIG Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays at Bergamot Station, G6, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. Call (310) 829-0345 or visit figgallery.com.

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“What about a beach show?” Rol-nik suggested, given bG’s Pacific view, to which Bleicher responded, “What about the ulti-mate beach show?”

Cut to “Ultimate Beach,” Rol-nik’s rollicking ride of a two-week group show that continues through saturday and fea-tures 40 artists from all over the country.

the aquatic-themed art show features locals such

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Rolnik met about 200 artists during his May expedition, and a sister show includ-ing works from an additional 120 artists opens saturday at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena.

A Beverly Hills-based writer who him-self has a painting in “Ultimate Beach,” Rolnik studied at new Rhodes in santa Monica and attended expression College for Digital Arts in emeryville, the same Bay Area institution that Venice-born

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artist Max neutra had attended a decade earlier.

Rolnik regularly parlays the currency of goodwill he has amassed writing about art in publications such as The Jewish Journal, LA Weekly and the website Argot & ochre into massive group shows. the scenester has curated myriad exhibitions, including “Interviews” at Curio Gallery

downtown and “Caves” at silverlake Art Company; delivered talks at LACMA, Giant Robot’s G2 Gallery in West L.A. and Westchester’s otIs College of Art & Design; and co-owns the publishing com-pany Intellectual Property Prints, which is how he knows Alford-Lago.

“He’s sort of a connector,” said Alford-Lago. “He has a following of artists, and

he’ll put us together. It comes from a very close relationship he has with the artists, which is nice. He’s interviewed all of us.”

“He’s a very inspiring, high-energy cura-tor. A lot of Daniel’s shows are balanced,” said Bleicher, meaning that they encom-pass established, emerging and street artists.

that’s including Bleicher, an accom-plished artist with the colorful, cartoony “elephant Beach” oil in the show.

“I’m a double-identity sort of guy,” he said. “I usually try to balance the two. I paint at the gallery when it’s closed.”

Bleicher opened his gallery near the Georgian Hotel five years ago. Three months ago, he opened a second bG at Bergamot station (not participating in “Ultimate Beach”).

“on ocean Avenue, we get a wide range of people [beachgoers, tourists] who walk in, whereas Bergamot, they’re coming to look for art,” Bleicher said.

Rolnik sees differences among L.A.’s regional art scenes: “the Westside has more positive, uplifting, happy art — a lot less macabre than the eastside.”

Westside artists such as Alford-Lago, Jules Muck, John Park and Hans Haveron “tend to relate more to where they are,” he said. “they enhance the character of where they are, whereas the ones on the eastside don’t. It’s almost cold.”

then Rolnik observes another interest-ing distinction: the Westside art scene “is much more tight-knit. I don’t know why that is.”

In Venice, established art world elder statesmen Larry Bell and ed Moses have a “Yoda/skywalker mutual respect” rela-tionship with rising artists, he said.

“there’s that cool sense of community on the Westside where the most famous artists hang out with the [up-and-com-ers].”

At day’s end, art from everywhere in-spires Rolnik.

“I feel really passionate about art in the same way that sports fans feel passionate for their team,” he said. “Ultimate Beach” runs through Saturday at bG Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. Call (310) 878-2784 or visit [email protected]

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Work For You, Work With You, To Serve Your Real Estate Needs. 1: stick to a budgetFinancial experts will tell you that creating and sticking to a budget is a sign of finan-cial maturity. With more than 1.5 million foreclosures in the United States, it’s easy to understand why this is so important. If you have already created a budget and have stuck to it, you’re ready to own your own home. When you follow a budget, you know exactly where your money is going each month. When you know where your money is going, you know whether or not you can afford a home of your own.

2: have a down paymentThe old rule of thumb still stands: Enough money should be saved for a 20 percent down payment on a home. When you put 20 percent down on a home, you imme-diately have equity built into the property and you negate the necessity of private mortgage insurance. Even with a 20 percent down payment, you should still stay away from homes that are out of your realistic price range. If you’ve budgeted for a $150,000 house, having 20 percent to put down doesn’t mean that you should look for an $180,000 home.

3. have a stable incomeFinding a stable job can be tough to do in today’s economy, but if you have a stable source of income, you can feel relatively safe making an investment in a home. If you are reliably employed, don’t forget to factor in any life-changes that may crop up in the near or distant future. Do you plan to go back to school? Are you going to start a family? Budget for the home you can afford

five years from now, not the one you can afford today.

4. Maintain a high credit scoreThe higher your credit score, the better your interest rate will be. The better your credit score, the more likely you are to be accepted for a loan. If your credit is in ex-cellent shape, you’re ready to buy a home. If, on the other hand, your credit needs some work, whip it into shape before you start the home-buying process. Before you buy a house, your debts should be paid off, any collections accounts should be closed satisfactorily, and your credit score should be in the 700’s.

5. have an emergency accountDid you know that you should have enough money in the bank to cover at least three months worth of debt? If you have an emergency account, you can feel safe buying a home. Add your estimated mortgage payment, estimated utilities, and any recurring debts that you have, and multiply that number by three. The resul-tant number is the amount that you should have stashed away in the case of job loss, illness or other financial emergency.

If you are thinking of buying a home, make sure that you are 100 percent ready. Re-read the tips and, if they apply to you, the dream of owning your own home is within reach.

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The first order of business is keeping your space cool. Make sure your air conditioning is running efficiently by putting in a clean air filter and cleaning air vents. During periods of heavy A/C use, replace the filters every 30 days. outside, clear the area around the unit so that the air intake vents aren’t blocked by shrubs, leaves or other de-bris. Keep the thermostat set at the highest temperature that still feels comfortable, and make sure it’s set to “auto” and not “fan.” Keep your place cooler without A/C, or

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Summerizing Your HomeUse ceiling fans to circulate air. Moving

air will make a space feel cooler, whether you are using air conditioning or not. If you have the type of fan that lets you change the direction the blades spin, make sure that during summer months you have the blades spinning in the direction that pushes the air down instead of drawing it up.Plant trees. trees will lower the overall

temperature of the yard as well as create cool, shady spots for outdoor lounging. Before planting, consider what kind of tree would be best for your climate. strategi-cally placed deciduous trees will provide cooling shade in the summer, then lose their leaves to let sun stream through in the win-ter. evergreens will provide shade in sum-mer and a windbreak in the winter. Don’t forget to factor in how big that tiny sapling will eventually get.Get the fireplace prepped for cooler

months. sweep ashes and other debris out of the fireplace and wipe down the screen and other exterior surfaces. Hire a chimney sweep to remove buildup inside the chim-ney. stock up on wood during the summer to give it more time to season.Inspect decks, looking for loose or cracked

boards or nails sticking out. Check under-neath for structural damage or evidence of termites or other critters. Power-wash the

decks and determine if they need to be re-sealed. to test, pour a little bit of water onto the deck. If it beads, the deck can go for another year. If the water is absorbed into the wood, it’s time to sand and reseal.Inspect the exterior of the house. Check

the foundation, chimney exterior, sidewalks and other hardscape for cracks or leaky spots. Inspect the roof for missing shingles or damage. While you’re up there, clean out the gutters, checking for holes and broken connections. Rent a power-washer to give the exterior a good cleaning, and check to see if the siding needs touch-up or repair. summer is also an excellent time to clean, repair, and reseal driveways.Keep the yard healthy and looking fresh by

putting down two inches of fresh mulch in flower beds to help keep the soil cool and re-tain moisture. trim bushes and vines to dis-courage overgrowth and critter infestation. Pull weeds when they are small to keep them for getting well-established. Freshen up a fading garden with warm weather herbs like basil and cilantro, or pop in a few sum-mer annuals like zinnias or salvia to brighten up a tired-looking spot.

This week’s question is answered by Brian Christie, The Agents in Action! Team, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.

Marina City Club“This two bedroom, two bath home in the Center Tower offers stunning views of the marina, channel and ocean from floor-to-ceiling windows,” says agent Charles Lederman. “Exuding warmth and character, this unit has stone and hardwood floors, a large gourmet kitchen with a granite island, stainless appliances and a wine cooler. Enjoy all that Marina City Club's resort lifestyle offers: gym, free classes (yoga, stretch, cardio, etc.), three swimming pools, six tennis, two paddle tennis and three racquet ball courts, restaurant & bar, daytime cafe, 24 hr. gated and guarded security.” The property is offered at $795,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.

Keller Williams Agent Creates Jobs For Kids ProgramNancy Harris serves as the key administrator for a youth program sponsored by the Holman United Methodist Church’s Community Development Corporation (CDC). Nancy has helped to create and manage the Jobs For Kids program, a training opportunity providing part-time summer employment for youth ages 14-18. The program runs for 6 weeks during the summer, fall and spring. Through Nancy’s efforts the program has employed several hundred youth who have been prepared through the program’s Job Readiness Institute.

Remodeled North Kentwood Home“This quality two-story, ‘open concept’ home has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths,” says agent Nanci Edwards. “The gorgeous kitchen has granite counters and island, cherrywood cabinets and stainless appliances. The new upstairs master suite has a balcony, and the beautiful bathroom has rich marble on the double vanity, shower and spa tub. The downstairs floors are all bamboo, and there are two fireplaces. There is also newer plumbing and electrical.”The property is offered at $1,179,000. Information, Nanci Edwards, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 645-7785.

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Marina del rey JUly ‘13 JUly ‘14

PalMs/Mar Vista JUly ‘13 JUly ‘14

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hoMes sold 50 39aVeraGe Price $587,600 $631,200

hoMes sold 39 29aVeraGe Price $1,121,800 $892,900

hoMes sold 42 46aVeraGe Price $861,800 $1,030,700



hoMes sold 50 53aVeraGe Price $2,024,525 $1,815,800

hoMes sold 21 27aVeraGe Price $1,469,500 $1,681,200


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Westchester Builder’s Home“This sleek, modern three bedroom, 2.5 bath home has a dramatic open floor plan,” says agent Bob Waldron. The dining room and kitchen open to the family room with vaulted ceilings and skylights. The master bedroom also has a vaulted ceiling, and the master bath has double sinks, a spa tub and a large shower. All the bedrooms are carpeted. Sliding glass doors give access to the spacious rear yard and patio, and there is a finished double garage with direct entry to the home.” The property is offered at $875,000. Information, Bob Waldron, Coldwell Banker Westchester/Playa, (310) 337-9225.

North Kentwood Home“Perched above the street on an expansive 9,081 square foot lot, this three bedroom 1.5 bath California ranch-style home is brimming with potential and possibilities,” says agent Nicole Pagan. “Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to create your dream home on one of Westchester’s most desirable streets!” The property is offered at $769,000. Information, Williamson and Pagan, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 678-6650.

New Home in Venice“This home has been designed by the Reed Architectural Group, with exterior walls of glass and African Mahogany,” says agent Melissa Macfadyen. “The well thought-out two-story floor plan has concrete floors on the first level and solid oak on the second. The king-sized master suite has mountain views, and there are three bedrooms on the upper level. Walls of glass slide open to a generous garden with room for a pool, and the kitchen is accented by rift oak cabinets, Viking appliances and Caesarstone counters.” The property is offered at $2,798,000. Information, Melissa Macfadyen, Teles Properties, (310) 663-8061.

Canal Front Home in Marina del Rey“This is a spectacular corner townhome in the coveted Beach Collection at Latitude 33,” says agent Lisa Pound. “The spacious, elegant, light-filled open plan has three bedrooms, a den/office, three full baths and a two-car finished garage. The living room is wired for surround sound, and the kitchen has Caesarstone counters and Bosch stainless appliances. Lovely ocean breezes cool the custom landscaped patio. The complex has a concierge, security guard, guest parking and a gym, all with beach and restaurant access.” The property is offered at $1,545,000. Information, Lisa Pound, Gibson International, (310) 622-7442.

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“Trombone!” Zach Lupetin cries, and Ulf Bjorlin raises the instrument and spits out a dirty, growling medley of notes, rousing a cheer from the crowd that escalates as the rest of the eight-piece band harmonizes to complete a gritty-yet-precise, purely American sound.

the Dustbowl Revival’s ener-getic July performance at san Luis obispo’s Live oak Music Festival is a sign of what’s in store when the band takes the stage on thursday, Aug. 14, for a free outdoor concert at Culver City City Hall.

“there’s a certain experience that I want people to be able to see — not just sitting there and watching me sing but actu-ally participate, emotionally be moved. It’s all storytelling,” says vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lupetin, founder of the Venice-based musical collective.

the Dustbowl Revival merges old-school bluegrass, gospel, blues and new orleans swing in a tempest of fiddle, mandolin, trumpet, trombone, drums, bass, guitar, washboard and tuba ka-zoo, plus Lupetin trading vocals with the rich voice of singer/ percussionist Liz Beebe.

“our music has evolved into a category that is almost unlabel-able,” Bjorlin says. “It’s hard to explain our genre of music because we touch upon so many genres, from folk to Americana to bluegrass to jazz. some of our songs even sound like children’s music.”

the Dustbowl Revival’s in-novative style has taken them to gigs alongside the Preserva-

tion Hall Jazz Band and opening for new orleans star trombone shorty, with roaring lo-cal shows earning them LA Weekly’s Best Live Band honors last year.

Lupetin, 27, whipped the band together seven years ago through an ad on Craigslist, gradually picking up members as he worked to realize a dream that began when, at 14, he started his first band in Chicago. Drawn to early country rhythms and bluegrass, he wrote rock and blues, creating bands and performing at various venues. As his college experience drew to a close, Lupe-tin formed the Willow Family, an acoustic medley of jazz, swing, pop and rock that would serve as a prototype for the Dustbowl Re-vival when that band fell through and Lupetin sought his fortune in Venice.

now gearing up to tour across the country, Lupetin and the band are focused as much on lyrics as they are on music.

“I like songs with a twist, a punch line,” Lupetin says. “People who are really paying attention can glean new informa-tion from a song; not just bobbing your head mindlessly.”

the band also spices their perfor-mances with spontaneous, crowd-pleasing musical twists.

“At any given tune, Zach will blurt out a solo: trumpet, trom-bone, fiddle,” says Bjorlin, who

uses toilet plungers to modify his trombone’s sound. “It’s usually not planned who is going to solo; it’s like a game: ‘who’s going to play now?’”

While the audience is still recovering from a gnarly drum or washboard solo, Bjorlin might surprise them with some impromptu opera.

“one night, I started singing ‘la-la-la’s’ in opera style, and people went nuts. People loved it, and I decided that’s what I’ll do on songs,” Bjorlin explains. “It’s kind of become a shtick that we reserve for one song a night.”

occasionally, there are songs where the band breaks into a sing-along and enters the crowd, spreading the energy of a party atmosphere and bring-ing a dance-inspired groove to songs such as “Riverboat Queen,” “that old Dustbowl” and “sunnyside.”

For Bjorlin and Lupetin, it’s all about the live show.

“Playing outside is really fun because people can experience the music in a much more open way,” Lupetin says. “Families and all ages can participate.”

“It’s fun music,” adds Bjorlin.

“People dance and smile.”

As part of the city’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival, The Dustbowl Revival takes the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the courtyard at Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Free, or reserve seating for $10. Park in the lot at Wash-ington Boulevard and Watseka Avenue (first two hours free). For more information, call (310) 253-6000 or visit dustbowlre-vival.com.

A cyclone of soundVenice’s The Dustbowl Revival melds explosive live energy with rich American musical tradition

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Life Drawing Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m. YWCA offers uninstructed life drawing classes with diverse models each tuesday. $15 per week or buy four sessions at discount. YWCA santa Monica/Westside, 2019 14th st., santa Monica. (310) 452-3881; smywca.org

Wednesday, Aug. 13Small Craft Harbor Commission Meeting, 10 a.m. the Dept. of Re-gional Planning presents an update on the Marina del Rey visioning process, followed by public com-ment. Burton Chace Park Commu-nity Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9574

Adult Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Bring a mat and get ready to breathe! All levels welcome. Venice-Abbot Kinney Library, 501 s. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org/branches/venice

Speakers By the Sea Toastmasters Club, 11 a.m. to noon. Improve your skills for public speaking. 12000 Vista del Mar, Conf. Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (310) 559 2834

Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Local duo performs tropical music and folk rock on guitar, ukulele, congas and steel drum each Wednesday, with special guests each week. no cover. All ages. the Warehouse, 4499 Ad-miralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com

Sunset Live, 7 p.m. Waterfront music series features emerging singer/songwriters and bands under

the stars, with extended happy hour until the sun goes down. For book-ings, contact [email protected]. Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com

Cyclops and the Owl; Little Kidd Lost, 8 p.m. Cyclops plays indie-surf-jazz with a range of influences from ‘50s jazz and doo wop to '60s and '70s psychedelic rock, while Kidd’s eli Fowler excels in Hum-boldt County hip hop. no cover. the Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-1076; goodhurt.com

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10:30 p.m. the Abbot Kinney bar features live blues and soul every Wednesday night. no cover. the Brig, 1515 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 399-7537; thebrig.com

Thursday, Aug. 14“Born to Be Wild,” 8 p.m. Documentary follows orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them. screened under the stars at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Min-danao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310)305-9596

La Santa Cecilia, with Sergio Men-doza y La Orkestra and KCRW DJ Raul Campos, 7 p.m. Latin-fla-vored La santa performs songs about love, loss and heartbreak, drawing on influences ranging from Miles Davis to Janis Joplin. no cover. santa Monica Pier. santamonicapier.org

The Dustbowl Revival, 7 p.m. the Venice-based roots/jazz collective plays its self-described “hillbilly jazz” music in a free concert at the courtyard at Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., Culver City. culvercity.org


Jones said of the band balancing club dates with private parties in L.A.’s affluent areas. “It’s a tough business. A lot of people have stopped touring because after money spent on gas and rooms, you’re breaking even. I have the advantage of being around for a long time.”

At least commercially on the live circuit, originality can be an underrated commodity.

“All these tribute bands are kill-ing right now,” Jones said of his greatest competition. While they do well monetarily due to song recognition, Jones isn’t swayed to deviate from his game plan.

“I get to play my own material. I’ve never seen anyone get famous playing other people’s material,” he said.

Jones, who played the Mam-moth Blues Festival last weekend, praises Harvelle’s owner Cevic Clark for showcasing emerging, original talent.

now with four albums under his belt and another pending, Jones remains his own man. Armed with a positivity he says is essential to being a working blues musician in 2014, Jones abides.

“I love what I do,” he said. “I can’t complain. I’m living my dream.” The Dennis Jones Band takes the stage at 9 p.m. Saturday at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. 21+; two drink minimum. Call (310) 395-1676 or visit harvelles.com or dennisjones-central.com. [email protected]

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Zippy Shell USA, a mobile self-storage and shipping service, has opened its first Los Angeles franchise on the Westside, the company announced recently. Designed to simplify the moving process, Zippy Shell portable trailers are dropped off at a customer’s home and picked up for travel or storage after they are packed. Zippy Shell of West Los Angeles is owned by susan and Kevin Lillestol, Dean and Maria Moss, and Ken Grossman. (888) 947-7974; zippyshell.com

The Candy Bar Hookah Shoppe celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on tuesday evening. Billed as “an alluring alternative to the grungy dens of a typical smoke shop,” the hookah/vapor lounge and boutique is located at 6208 W. 87th st. in Westchester. the store is open daily, with happy hour ($16 hookah bowls and $8 refills) from 4 to 8 p.m. sundays through thursdays. (310) 670-0708; thecandybarhookahshoppe.com

Sifted:LA — a store that “sifts” the city for unique and vintage clothing, housewares, oddities and collectibles — opened in July at 6259 W. 87th st. in Westchester, around the corner from Dollar Plus. the mural above the store was painted by celebrated Venice graffiti artist Jules Muck. owner Chris Getto said his hopes for the store include creating a space supportive for local artists and developing a vocational and social skills training program for adults with developmental disabilities.

“I decided to combine my love for treasure hunting and my passion for serving this population by creating my own store where I could develop the type of program that I felt was missing — one that takes place in a real-life setting and that develops into actual employment,” said Getto, formerly a job coach and employment case manager. He hopes to start hosting an “always open” open mic for poetry readings, music and other creative expression. siftedla.com

SusieCakes Bakery opened a new location at the Marina square shopping Center (4714 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey) with a family-friendly celebration on July 19. the company, which specializes in recipes made from scratch by on-site bakers, opened its first store eight years ago in Brentwood. this is its ninth location, open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through saturdays. (310) 742-2253; susiecakes.com

Sara The Wine Bar, formerly on Jefferson Boulevard, reopened on July 24 in its new location at 3936 sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. the authentic Italian restaurant (sara is from Italy; the recipes are from mom) and wine bar is open from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and starts serving dinner at 4 p.m., with happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. sarathewinebar.com

Philz Coffee, a popular Bay Area coffee destination, opened its first Southern California shop at 525 santa Monica Blvd. in santa Monica in July. the coffee shop is open from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. philzcoffee.com

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A mural by Venice artist Jules Muck graces the roof of Sifted:LA, an innovative vintage shop that opened last month in Westchester

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Galleries & Museums“Remix Every Second,” opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. saturday. through sept. 6. Latest works by Morten Andersen and Vesod. C.A.V.e. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice. (310) 450-6960; cavegallery.net

“California Open 2014,” Opens Tuesday. through Aug. 29. opening reception and awards night: Aug. 16. the annual juried show featuring nearly 50 artists from all over California returns. tAG Gallery, Bergamot station, 2525 Michigan Ave., D3, santa Monica. (310) 829-9556; taggal-lery.net

“Ultimate Beach,” Through Saturday. Group show curated by arts writer Daniel Rolnik culling ocean-themed artwork from all over America. bG Gallery 1431 ocean Avenue, santa Monica. (310) 906-4211; [email protected]

“Didier Massard: Territories,” through Aug 23. Massard’s recent work places images of animals in mysterious landscapes and is showing 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. tuesdays through saturdays at Kopeikin Gallery, 2766 s. La Cienega Blvd., West L.A. Park behind the building. (310) 559-0800; kopeikingal-lery.com

“2014 Summer Exhibition,” through Aug. 30. Annual summer show features 14 artists repre-sented by FIG Gallery. First Independent Gallery, Bergamot station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G6, santa Monica. (310) 829-0345; figgallery.com

Douglas C. Bloom’s “Seismic Light,” through Aug. 30. Bloom’s latest batch of oil paintings trades in his longtime interior concerns for some bold, enigmatic outdoor surreal-scapes. Ruth Ba-chofner Gallery, Bergamot station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G2, santa Monica. (310) 829-3300; ruthba-chofnergallery.com

“Ecotone: Boundaries, Tensions, Integrations,” through Sept. 20. A free exhibition featuring 17 artists, each exploring transitional spaces through photography or video. these works, investigating interactions caused by human displacement and urban encroachments onto nature, question how we relate to places of transience and what exists in these spaces. Venice Art Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. (310) 392-0846; venicearts.org

“Warriors of Flames,” through Sept. 27. Pho-tography exhibit chronicling the evolution of the santa Monica Fire Dept. highlights the equip-ment used, the firefighters and chiefs, and details the major fires of Santa Monica. Open Tuesdays through saturdays at santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th st., santa Monica. (310) 395-2290; santamonicahistory.org

“Country: Portraits of an American Sound,” through Sept. 28. More than 100 photos of some of the biggest country music stars snapped by notable nashville photographers. Plus: mini-doc-umentary films, memorabilia, musical instruments and other items, as well as a jukebox loaded with “hillbilly ear-pleasers,” in an exhibit open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through sundays at An-nenberg space for Photography, 2000 Ave. of the stars, Century City. (213) 403-3000; annenberg-spaceforphotography.org

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MilestonesSibyl Buchanan, who worked as a community affairs representative for Playa Capital and then Brookfield Residential during the development of Playa Vista, has retired, the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce announced. Buchanan chaired the chamber’s board in 2011 and volunteered there and at other local organizations for more than two decades.

Jeff Blair Fitness in Westchester celebrated its second anniversary on Aug. 1. Blair, a Men’s Fitness magazine advisory board member, offers personal training services at the soCal sport & Fitness Personal training studio, 8939 s. sepulveda Blvd., ste. 111. “We treat each client as special and unique. I think that is why we are doing well,” Blair said. (310) 497-0863; jeffblairfitness.com

Del Frisco's Grille Santa Monica celebrated the one-year anniversary of its 1551 ocean Ave. location on July 18. (310) 395-7333; delfriscosgrille.com

Christine T. Alfieri of Action Property Management Inc. and the Azzurra Homeowners Assoc. in Marina del Rey has been designated a Certified Community Association Manager by the California Assoc. of Community Managers. To earn certification, Alfieri completed coursework on California law, ethics and best practices.

eVentsLAPD Pacific Division Capt. Brian Johnson swore in new

board members of the Venice Chamber of Commerce during

a July 23 installation party on the rooftop of Lincoln Place Apartment Homes.

the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce is hosting a “binge networking” hour from 8 to 9 a.m. on Aug. 15 in their officers at 9100 S. sepulveda Blvd. in Westchester and a special networking mixer from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. laxcoastal.com

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Owner. This statement was � led with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 31, 2014. Argonaut published: August 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2014. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of � ve years from the date on which it was � led in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be � led before the expi-ration. The � ling of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAMECase No. NS029070

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of Elias Diaz, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Elias Diaz � led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Elias Diaz to Elias Bonaducci 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must � le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is sched-uled 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 � led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date:08/27/14. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 526 Room: N/A. The address of the court275 Magnolia Ave. Long Beach, CA. 90802. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished 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: The Argonaut. Original � led: July 7th, 2014.Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut, 7/17/2014, 7/24/2014, 7/31/2014, 8/7/2014.

United States District Court Central District OF CALIFORNIA,

SUMMONS ON A THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT

CASE NUMBER CV13-05062-DMG-E Plaintiff: The Chuck Olsen Co. INC., a California corporation, vs. Defendants: F.P.D. INC., a California coporation; and Joseph Balcom, an individual. Third Party Plaintiffs: F.P.D., INC., a California corporation; and Joseph Balcom, an individual,vs. Third Party Defendants: Joseph Pisciotta 300 San Juan Ave. #5, Venice, CA. 90291, an individual, Chuck Olsen, and individual and Dave Perez, an individual NOTICE! A lawsuit has been � led against defendant FPD AND BALCOM, who-as third-party plaintiff is making this claim against you to pay part or all of what the defendant may owe to the plaintiff CHUCK OLSEN COMPANY. Within 21 days after service of this sum-mons on you (not counting the day

you received it) ñ or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2)or(3) ñ you must serve on the plaintiff and on the defendant an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the defendant or defendantís attorney, whose name and address are: JOSEPH P. DIVINCENZO & GRIFFITH, 2121 E. PACIFIC COAST HWY., STE 280, CORONA DEL MAR, CA. 92625, 949-759-0781 It must also be served on the plaintiff or plaintiffís attorney, whose name and address are: PATRICK J. GORMAN, ESQ., WILD, CARTER & TIPTON, 246 W. SHAW AVENUE, FRESNO, CA. 93704 If you fail to respond , judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the third-party complaint. You also must � le the answer or motion with the court and serve it on any other parties. A copy of the plaintiffís complaint is also attached. You may ñ but are not required to ñ respond to it. Date: 10-4-13

NO. 427630 IN THE PROBATE COURT NO. THREE (3) HARRIS COUNTY,

TEXAS, SUMMONSCASE NUMBER 427630

You are hereby commanded to sum-mon DAMIEN BROWN, known heir of BERTHA DAVID FOSTER, DECEASED, whose residence and whereabouts are unknown to the plaintiff, DONALD LESLIE HALL, by making publication of this citation once, at least ten days previ-ous to the return day hereof, in some newspaper, published in your county, to appear at the next regular term of the Probate Court No. Three (3) of Harris County, Texas, after service has been perfected, to be Holden in the courthouse thereof, in Houston, Texas, the same being Monday, August 18, 2014, then and there to answer a petition � led in said court on JUNE 4, 2014, in probate action now pending in said court in the above numbered and styled estate on the probate docket of said court, wherein DONALD LESLIE HALL, is plaintiff and DAMIEN BROWN, known heir of said BERTHA DAVID FOSTER, DECEASED is the defendant; said petition containing allegations as is shown in the attached copy of said petition. Here in fail not, but have you before said court, at the time aforesaid this writ your return there-on, showing how you have executed the same. Issued and given under my hand of said court, at Houston, Texas, this fourth day of August, 2014. STAN STANART, County Clerk probate Court No. Three (3) 201 Caroline, Room 800 Harris County, Texas. Henry Williams, Deputy County Clerk. Attorney: THAIS AMARAL TELLAWI 2519 SOUTH BLVD, 2ND FLOOR HOUSTON, TEXAS 77098 832-295-0770. ARGONAUT, AUGUST 7, 2014.

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