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Following its 56-49 victory overUniversity High on Saturday, theFairfax High School girls basket-ball team will once again competefor a city championship, the team’sfourth opportunity in two decades.

The Lions (24-5, 11-1) will faceNarbonne (22-7-1, 10-1-1) at 6p.m. on Saturday for the 2013 CIFLA City Section Girls BasketballChampionship at Cal State,Dominguez Hills. The Gauchosdefeated Fairfax is last year’s citychampionship.

“There’s a lot of unfinished busi-ness here,” Fairfax coach JudiEdwards said.

Under Edwards, the team hasgarnered one city championship —

in 2006-07. To earn another title,the Lions must stay focused, a taskthat has evaded the team when theybuild a big lead, Edwards said.

“They’re doing better, but weseem to always have a quarterwhere we have a lapse in attention,”she said, attributing that to theteam’s youth. “We can only sustainso much focus for a period of time.”

Edwards said that shouldn’t be aproblem against No. 1-seededNarbonne, as she expects a closegame. On Jan. 5, the Gauchos beatFairfax 61-52 in the L.A. CityShowcase. Narbonne jumped ahead16-7 in the first quarter, but theLions tied the game at the half, 26-26. Narbonne outscored Fairfax 21-8 in the third, and didn’t let up,despite Fairfax’s 18-point fourthquarter.

“Narbonne is a very physicalteam and they hustle a lot,”Edwards said. “We must, without a

The Hollywood CommunityHousing Corporation (HCHC) ismoving forward with plans for itslatest affordable housing devel-opment near the Western AvenueCorridor in Hollywood.

The Coronel, a 54-unit devel-opment, will be built over adjoin-ing parcels between 1601 N.Hobart Blvd. and 1600 to 1608 N.Serrano Ave. Bill Harris, execu-tive director of the HCHC, said

the project will provide newhousing options for people living30 to 60 percent below the pover-ty level. The site is near super-markets, restaurants and publictransportation hubs such as theHollywood/Western Metro RedLine Station. The Coronel willjoin another HCHC project near-by on Serrano Avenue — TheHollywood BungalowCourtyards. The HCHC has built22 affordable housing projects

The deadline to prevent across-the-board federal spending cuts —known as sequestration — isFriday, and local legislators fearthat the deadline will come and gobefore Congress reaches a deal.

The Budget Control Act of 2011included a provision that called for8 to 10 percent cuts to federal agen-cies, a proposal thought to be so“unpalatable” that it would forceCongress to compromise in reduc-

ing the federal deficit, U.S. Rep.Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said.

“That was assuming that bothsides would find it unpalatable,” hesaid.

Schiff said House Republicansactually find the cuts desirable,though Democrats have issued direwarnings about the impacts ofsequestration. On Wednesday,President Barack Obama’s adminis-tration advised citizens to “prepareyourself for job layoffs, reduced

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INSIDE

• College nearingcompletion,

pg. 3

• Burglarscharged, pg. 4

Warm andpartly cloudythis weekend

See Housing page 26

See Crisis page 25

By edwin folven

WWW.BEVERLYPRESS.COM

Los Angeles voters will havesome big decisions to make onTuesday, when the electorate willdecide on a new mayor, city attor-ney, city controller and eight citycouncil seats.

To win, candidates must accu-mulate 50 percent of the tallies,plus one vote. If no candidatereaches that threshold, the top twocandidates will advance to arunoff during the GeneralMunicipal Election on May 21.Officials will begin their terms onJuly 1.

For mayor, voters have eightchoices — neighborhood councilsecretary Yehuda “YJ” Draiman,City Councilman Eric Garcetti,City Controller Wendy Greuel,radio broadcaster/attorney KevinJames, citywide advocate AddieMiller, City Councilwoman JanPerry and technology executiveEmanuel Pleitez.

In the city attorney race, incum-bent Carmen Trutanich is beingchallenged by formerAssemblyman Mike Feuer, publicsafety attorney Greg Smith andattorney/community advocateNoel Weiss.

Six candidates are vying to

replace Greuel as the city’s con-troller. They are business ownerJeff Bornstein, local companyexecutive Cary Brazeman, effi-ciency commissioner/business-man Ron Galperin, disabilityadvocate/teacher Analilia Joya,student/labor organizer AnkurPatel and Los Angeles CityCouncilman Dennis Zine.

In Council District 5, incum-bent Paul Koretz is seeking re-election against challenger Mark

Matthew Herd, a neighborhoodcouncil board member.

A total of 12 candidates areseeking to replace Garcetti inCouncil District 13 — commis-sioner/community organizer JohnChoi, small business ownerRoberto Haraldson, neighborhoodcouncil board member SamKbushyan, assistant fire chiefEmile Mack, senator’s districtdirector Robert Negrete, charita-ble foundation director Alexander

n Fairfax girls team toface Narbonne inSaturday’s match-up

photo by Aaron Blevins

Fairfax has reached its fourth city

championship game in the last 22

years.

n Deadline for Congress to strike deal is Friday

n Mayor, city council,controller, city attorneyall at stake


Los Angeles could have as many as 12 new elected leaders, depend-

ing on how residents vote in the upcoming March 5 election.

Who is next to govern Los Angeles?

Lions in pursuit of city championship

Sequester: Federal issueto have impacts locally

Officials salute The Coronel

By AAron Blevins By AAron Blevins


U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks to a class at Hollywood High

School in January. He said the sequester could result in larger class

sizes.

rendering courtesy of HCHC

By AAron Blevins

See Voters page 26

See Focus page 26

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1 ‘Dreamgirls’

Relive the Motown Era in the

DOMA Theatre Company’s pro-

duction of “Dreamgirls” running from

Friday, March 1 through April 7 at the

MET Theatre in Hollywood. The

show follows an African American

girl group from Chicago who makes it

big in a business controlled by

Caucasian men. The trio fights for

recognition, fellowship and love as

superstardom challenges their musical

and cultural identity. Showtimes are at

8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m.,

Sunday. Tickets are $30. 1089 N.

Oxford Ave. (323)802-4990,

www.domatheatre.com.

Forum on Asia

Learn about the recent political

power changes throughout Asia,

including the selection of the new

prime minister of Japan, during a pro-

gram being held by the Japan

Foundation, Los Angeles, titled

“Asian Voices” on Friday, March 1 at

7 p.m. Aiko Doden, a senior commen-

tator on international affairs at NHK,

Japan Broadcasting Corporation, will

discuss the current condition and what

the future holds for Japan and the

United States. JFLA Auditorium,

5700 Wilshire Blvd., STE100.

www.jflalc.org.

Classical Concert

Classical Music fans will enjoy a

performance by the Auryn quar-

tet on Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. at the

Doheny Mansion, on the campus of

Mount St. Mary’s College. The quar-

tet will perform works by Schumann

and Mozart, and will appear for a

reception. The concert is being held

by Da Camera Society. Tickets start at

$65. 8 Chester Pl., southwest of

downtown Los Angeles. (213)477-

2929, www.dacamera.org.

‘Take Action Tour’

The alternative rock band, The

Used, will headline a concert on

Friday, March 1 at the Wiltern

Theatre. The performance is part of

the “Take Action Tour”, which bene-

fits the “It Gets Better Project”, a

national organization that assists

young LGBT individuals get through

their teen years. Tickets start at $25.

3790 Wilshire Blvd. www.takeaction-

tour.com.

2 Free Legal Advice

Volunteer attorneys from the

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Barristers will answer basic legal

questions during a free legal aid clinic

on Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to

noon at the Roxbury Park Community

Center in Beverly Hills. Small claims,

wills and trusts, business disputes,

consumer law and landlord-tenant law

will be discussed. 471 S. Roxbury Dr.

(310)601-2422, www.bhba.org.

Amazing Bubble Man

The Amazing Bubble Man appears

for four performances on

Saturday, March 2 and 3 at the

Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa

Monica. The show stars Louis Pearl,

a.k.a. “The Amazing Bubble Man”,

who teaches and entertains audience

members using art, magic, science and

the fun of bubbles. Adult tickets are

$15; 412 for children 12 and under.

2437 Main St. (310)392-7327,

www.edgemarcenter.org.

Lou Harrison Film

Viewers can learn about the life of

American composer, artist,

writer and activist Lou Harrison

(1917–2003) during a screening of

“Lou Harrison: A World of Music” on

Saturday, March 2 at 8:30 p.m. at the

Roy and Edna Disney CalArts

Theatre. Harrison created hauntingly

beautiful pieces using western, eastern

and custom-made instruments inspired

by Javanese gamelan and the Chinese

zheng. The film celebrates his career

in music. Tickets are $20. 631 West

2nd St., downtown. (213)237-2800,

www.redcat.org.

Performance Art

Spanish artist and choreographer La

Ribot will appear in a special work

titled “Laughing Hole” on Saturday,

March 2 at noon at LACMA. A large

number of cardboard signs will carpet

the floor where three women amble in

continuous laughter using signs to

interact with the audience. As the per-

formance unfolds, the laughter turns

into an ambiguous sound undistin-

guishable from weeping, and the walls

of the gallery space are covered with

language. Broad Contemporary Art

Museum, Level 3, 5905 Wilshire

Blvd. (323)857-6000,

www.lacma.org.

3 Welsh Festival

Celebrate St. David’s Day on

Sunday, March 3 from 10 a.m. to

6 p.m. during the Welsh Festival Los

Angeles being held at the Barnsdall

Art Park in Hollywood. There will be

a free Celtic marketplace, Welsh food,

languages classes, workshops, lec-

tures, arts and crafts, poetry, story-

telling and more. There will also be a

special ticketed musical performance

at 2 p.m., followed by a screening of

the rare 1962 short film “Dylan

Thomas” starring Richard Burton. The

Welsh Choir of Southern California,

Paul Child and Welsh soprano and

harpist Siobhan Owen will perform.

4800 Hollywood Blvd. www.araven-

abovepress.com.

‘What’s Love …Anyway’

Screenplays that were never made

into feature films will be presented

on the stage during “What’s Love …

Anyway”, a play by the Magnum

Opus Theatre company, running on

Sundays, March 3, 10, 17 and 24 at

7:30 p.m. at the Actors Circle Theatre

in West Hollywood. Tickets are $12.

7313 Santa Monica Blvd. (323)380-

0649, www.magnumopusplayers.org.

Magical Benefit

Enjoy an afternoon of magical fam-

ily fun in “Hocus Pocus” on

Sunday, March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell

Theatre. The event is sponsored by

Jewish Family Services (JFS), and

guests will be treated to a close-up

magic show, activities, lunch and

more. It benefits JFS’ programs for at-

risk children and families. Tickets are

$75. 743 S. Lucerne Blvd. (818)988-

7682, www.jfsla.org.

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Enjoy a musical retelling by Scott Guy of the classic fairy tale,

“Cinderella”, on Saturdays, March 9, 16 and 23, and Sundays, March 3,

10, 17 and 24 at the Nine O’Clock Players Theatre for Children,

Assistance League of Los Angeles. In the new version, Cinderella lives

with her selfish step family in a kingdom where material wealth is prized.

When she meets the prince, she sees an opportunity to speak to the

king on behalf of the over-taxed poor residents. Additionally, there is a

misguided fairy godmother, a king with a bad eye, the prince’s rogue

messenger who is keen on inheriting his wealth, and a cupcake-eating

baron’s daughter who hopes to win the prince’s affections. Showtimes

are 2 p.m. Tickets are $12. 1367 N. St. Andrews Pl. (323)469-1970;

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Emerson College Los Angeles onWest Sunset Boulevard is less thanone year away from opening,according to college officials whoconducted a tour of the ongoingproject on Tuesday.

When completed, the 10-storybuilding will be 102,360 square feet— more than 65,000 square feet ofresidential space, more than 30,000square feet of instructional admin-istrative space, 5,700 square feet ofretail and 120,000 square feet ofparking.

Enrollment is expected to beapproximately 100 students byspring 2014, and the full program— accommodating 220 students —is expected to be ready by fall 2014.When completed, the structure willhave 220 student beds and four fac-ulty/staff apartments.

“It’s a wonderful, magnificentproject, and we’re all very excitedabout it — both in Boston and LosAngeles,” Emerson College presi-dent Lee Pelton said. “We’ve gotgreat architects, obviously, and Ithink we’re a little ahead of sched-ule.”

The college, which was estab-lished in Boston in 1880, has oper-ated a Los Angeles program for thelast 25 years. It serves undergradu-ate students who major in televi-sion, film, marketing communica-tion, performing arts, screenwritingand journalism.

Los Angeles students take twocourses and work part-time in aninternship. According to a pressrelease, once the facility opens,additional academic programs toengage graduate students admittedto its Boston campus will be con-sidered.

Pelton said Emerson College willessentially double its enrollment inLos Angeles. Currently, approxi-mately 100 seniors and juniors aretaking courses in rented space inBurbank, while living in corporate

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Letters to the Editor

The Park Labrea News and Beverly Press enthusiastically endorsesthese candidates in the March 5 election:

Mayor of Los Angeles: Eric GarcettiLos Angeles City Attorney: Mike FeuerLos Angeles City Controller: Cary BrazemanLos Angeles City Council District 5: Paul KoretzLos Angeles City Council District 13: John ChoiSchool Board District 4: Steve ZimmerWest Hollywood City Council: Jeffrey Prang, Nick GarzilliMeasure A: YesCharter Amendment B: NoMeasure C: Yes

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n Emerson College LosAngeles expected to beready this year


Shanna Yates, a project designer for Morphosis Architects, explains

some of the features of the new Emerson College location in Hollywood.

College project is nearly tuition-ready

By AAron Blevins

See Classes page 25

Teens, candidates surprise at WestHollywood debate

As a founder of Teen Center inWest Hollywood, I was invited toa challengers’ debate with candi-dates for West Hollywood CityCouncil. The meeting was per-fectly organized by the WestHollywood College PreparatorySchool.

It was a serious and interestingdebate between a group of ninestudents from history classes inthe 8th through 12th grades, andfive candidates. I was surprisedby the deep and thoughtful ques-tions from the students. Theanswers from the candidates, whoare working hard to handle all theproblems our city encounters,were also very balanced and clear.

I spoke with the secretary of theschool Board, Guy Lande, whoworks in the history department,about the idea of organizing sucha debate with teens for the firsttime in California. His response

was that it reflects a new type oflearning.

Sophia�GelmanWest�Hollywood

Brazeman’s trackrecord makes him bestfit for controller

Cary Brazeman is the only per-son with a progressive perspec-tive and a goal to fix our city[“Six contend for controller’sseat”, Feb. 21 issue].

He’s the only person runningwith a track record in activism.He’s an outsider with the abilityto make a difference on theinside.

Lorelei�SharkLos�Angeles

The Park Labrea News andBeverly Press encourages ourreaders to submit Letters to theEditor via e-mail at [email protected].

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Charges were filed on Feb. 22against two alleged gang memberswho may be responsible for a seriesof home burglaries in the Wilshirearea.

James Meza, 23, and Jose FrancoVelasco, 22, both of West Los

Angeles, are facing felony chargesafter they were pulled over by offi-cers with the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment’s Newton Division onJan. 31 and were found to be in pos-session of stolen property. Mezahad been arrested the day before foran attempted burglary in the 1400block of S. Hayworth Avenue, but

was released on bail.Officer Brent Hopkins, with the

LAPD Wilshire Division’sBurglary Unit, said he believes thetwo suspects are part of a burglarycrew that has targeted residencesthroughout the Wilshire and WestLos Angeles areas, as well as Santa


An unidentified man andwoman were seriously injuredwhen they were struck by a hit andrun driver in Hollywood earlyTuesday morning.

The collision occurred atapproximately 2:10 a.m. at theintersection of Highland andSelma avenues. The victims werereportedly crossing HighlandAvenue in a crosswalk when theywere struck by the driver of anSUV, who was traveling west-bound on Selma Avenue and turn-ing onto Highland Avenue.According to Det. ZacharyHutchings, with the Los AngelesPolice Department’s West TrafficBureau, witnesses reported hear-ing a woman scream before thevictims were struck. The SUVstopped briefly before drivingaway at a high rate of speed. Thevehicle was last seen travelingsouthbound on Highland Avenuetoward Sunset Boulevard.

Hutchings said the witnessesreported that it was a newer modelSUV — either black or dark grey.The detective said debris from thevehicle was found at the scene.

“It appears that it does havefront-end damage from hitting thepedestrians, and we found partsbelonging to a Mercedes,”Hutchings said. “The driver iswanted for felony hit and run, andwe are hoping the public can pro-vide some information.”

The victims were taken byambulance to Cedars-SinaiMedical Center, where one wastreated for a broken leg, and theother received treatment for a bro-ken foot. One victim was 40 yearsold, and the other was 25.

Patrol officers are generally onthe lookout for impaired drivers atthe time of the night when the col-lision occurred, but Hutchings saidit will be impossible to provewhether alcohol or drugs were afactor because the driver fled thescene.

He said, however, that policeconsider the incident very serious,which is reflected in the felonycharges the driver will face whenarrested.

Anyone with information aboutthe collision is asked to contactinvestigators with the LAPD’sWest Traffic Bureau at (213)473-0222 or (213)473-0234.

See Suspects page 26

n Police seeking public’s help in locating suspect

Two injured in hit-and-run on Highland Ave.

photo by Edwin Folven

The incident occurred at 2:10 a.m. on Tuesday right in front of

Hollywood High School.

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Frustrated Metro riders on thePurple and Red lines who havebeen unable to use their cell phonesin the subway may see a light at theend of the tunnel.

Today, the Los Angeles CountyMetropolitan TransportationAuthority (Metro) Board ofDirectors is scheduled to discusswhether to award a 20-year rev-enue-generating contract to InSiteWireless, which would serve as aneutral host provider. According tothe proposal, InSite has guaranteedMetro annual revenues of$360,000.

Metro spokesman Rick Jagersaid InSite will install the equip-ment and then contact mobile carri-ers, such as Verizon Wireless andAT&T, to see if they want to partic-ipate. He said the installation willtake approximately two years.

“It’s good news for the riders,”Jager said. “Hopefully, when it’s upand running, they can benefit fromit.”

He said the effort began after theboard requested Metro staff to pro-vide some type of plan to providecell phone service in all Metro railstations and tunnels. Staff membersanalyzed systems in San Francisco,Boston and Washington, D.C. Theyalso looked at Amtrak.

Staff members concluded thatthe ridership experience is “signifi-cantly enhanced” and overall per-sonnel and business productivityincreased when patrons had accessto cell phones and Wi-Fi. Amtrakreported a 2 percent increase in rid-ership after installing the service,according to the proposal.

Jager said accessibility to cellphones could also provide a safetyenhancement for riders. The pro-posal states that it will enhanceemergency response times at Metrostations.

“People feel a little more safer ifthey can be in contact with peoplewhen they’re down in the tunnels,”he said, adding that riders would beable to dial 911 more easily.

While most of Metro’s rail sys-tem is above ground light rail, theservice was “much needed” on thePurple and Red lines, Jager said,also noting the advancement of thesmartphone.

“I think this just makes goodcommon sense,” he added.

Jager said the two-year timelineis based on the requirement thatInSite install mechanisms when thesubway is not running, which is

only from 2 to 4 a.m. each day. Hesaid any cost for riders to use theircell phone on the subway woulddepend on their carriers.

According to the proposal, thework, if approved, will costapproximately $800,000, andMetro will be reimbursed by InSitewhen the first cell carrier beginsusing the system. The documentstates that InSite was selected dueto the company being the highestrated, responsive and responsibleproposer, and InSite offered thehighest guaranteed revenue.

“This is definitely a revenue gen-erator,” Jager said.


Metro may bring cell service to subwaysn If approved, installation will taketwo years

By AAron Blevins

Bill calls forantibiotic information

U.S. Rep Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Louise M.Slaughter (D-N.Y.) introduced leg-islation Tuesday that wouldincrease the amount of informationbeing released on antibiotics andantimicrobials given to animalsraised for human consumption.

The legislation, H.R. 820, is titledthe Delivering AntimicrobialTransparency in Animals (DATA)Act. It requires drug manufacturersto obtain and provide better infor-mation to the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) on how theirantimicrobial drugs are used.

Additionally, the DATA Act willrequire large-scale producers ofpoultry, pork, and livestock to sub-mit data to the FDA detailing thetype and amount of antibiotics con-tained in the feed given to their ani-mals. The legislation would requirethe FDA to coordinate with U.S.Department of Agriculture toimprove the collection of data onthe use of antimicrobial drugs foranimals.

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City staff to get fraud trainingThe Los Angeles City Council

on Tuesday approved a motionstrengthening the city’sAdministrative Code by establish-ing a fraud, waste and abusereporting requirement and mandat-ing fraud awareness training for allcity employees.

In September 2011, CouncilmanDennis Zine, 3rd District, intro-duced a motion to amend theAdministrative Code regarding theCity Controller’s Fraud, Waste,and Abuse Unit. It would requireall departments to report any possi-ble fraud, waste, and abuse ofresources. The requirement willallow the city controller to identify

and prevent loss of city resources,and will act as a deterrent for cityemployees to engage in fraudulentor wasteful behavior. The currentcode simply states that city depart-ment’s are “expected” to reportpotential fraud, waste and abuse.

Under the new ordinance, citydepartments and appointed officeswill now be required to report mat-ters involving potential fraud,waste or abuse within 10 days ofdiscovery of the information.Additionally, all full-time cityemployees will have to participatein fraud awareness training whenthey are hired, and once every twoyears thereafter.

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Secretary of State Debra Bowenannounced on Feb. 25 that the pro-ponent of a cigarette tax initiativemay begin collecting petition sig-natures for his measure.

The measure would increase thecigarette tax by $1 per pack, andthe revenues would be allocated toexpand financial aid for Californiaresidents enrolled at UC or CSU.If the new tax causes decreasedtobacco consumption, thus reduc-ing existing tobacco-tax revenues,current tobacco funding for tobac-co health education/research,medical care, environment, breastcancer research/services, earlychildhood development and theGeneral Fund will be maintainedby transferring new tax revenuesto offset decrease. The measurewould also establish a five-mem-ber oversight committee to con-duct annual auditing and account-ing.

According to the legislativeanalyst and director of finance, themeasure would create annual statetax revenues of $800 million fromthe cigarette excise tax increase of$1 per pack and $45 million fromthe excise tax increase on othertobacco products triggered by themeasure.

The additional cigarette tax rev-enue would be spent on financialaid for resident students at thestate’s public universities ($730million) and backfilling losses to

existing tobacco programs ($70million). The additional revenuefrom other tobacco productswould be used for other existingprograms, including tobacco-pre-vention and education.

The proponent for the measure

must collect signatures of 504,760registered voters in order to quali-fy it for the ballot. The proponenthas 150 days to circulate petitionsfor the measure, meaning the sig-natures must be collected by July22.


Residents who received theWest Hollywood CommunityStudy survey are encouraged tocomplete and return it by Friday,March 1. This portion of thecommunity study is the random,statistically-valid survey thatwill help update the city’s demo-graphics and also aid in thedetermination of funding priori-ties for social services suppliedto city residents.

The West HollywoodCommunity Study process con-tinues with new dates announcedfor a community focus group andpop up workshops. The newly-added community focus groupwill start at 2:30 p.m. onMonday, March 11, in Room 6 atPlummer Park, 7377 SantaMonica Blvd.

In addition, pop up workshopshave been added to the currentschedule. Pop up workshops areshort meetings conducted athighly-trafficked locationsthroughout West Hollywood, andprovide participants with anopportunity to indicate theirpreferences and priorities forsocial services, target popula-tions and funding.

Additional pop-up workshopswill be held from 2:30 to 6 p.m.

on March 7 at the WestHollywood Library, 625 N. SanVicente Blvd.; from 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m. on March 9 in theplaza at The Sunset, 8580 SunsetBlvd.; from 1 to 2:30 p.m. onMarch 9 at the city parking lot atSunset Boulevard and NorthSherbourne Drive; and from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 11 inRoom 5 and 6 at Plummer Park.

ASL interpretation is availableat the pop up workshops with 72-hour notice, and there will alsobe activities for children. All ofthe pop up workshops will takeplace in areas that are wheelchairaccessible.

The community meeting is thefinal portion of the communitystudy process, and will takeplace from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. onMarch 14 in Room 5 & 6 atPlummer Park. It is an opportu-nity to review preliminary resultsof the Census data and surveydemographics, and for commu-nity members to share theirthoughts about how the cityshould plan for the future andsocial services programs.

For information, call(323)848-6510 or visitwww.weho.org/communitys-tudy.

WeHo community study continues

U.S. Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif) and Jim McDermott (D-Wash), co-chairs of theCongressional Caucus on FosterYouth, along with 13 other mem-bers of the caucus, on Feb. 22sent a letter to Health andHuman Services SecretaryKathleen Sebelius urging thedepartment to refine proposedregulations to ensure that all eli-gible foster youth have the samehealthcare access as youngadults who are eligible to receivehealth coverage to age 26 undertheir parents’ health insuranceplans.

As signed into law in March2010, the Affordable Care Actincluded a provision requiringstates to provide Medicaid upuntil age 26 for all eligible for-mer foster youth. However,under current proposed regula-tions, foster youth are only guar-anteed the extension of healthcare coverage through Medicaidif they stay within the same statewhere they age-out of foster carefrom the age of 18 to 26.Although the draft regulationprovides states with the option ofextending Medicaid to youth thatmove into their state, it does notrequire it.

Many foster care alumni, agroup that has higher rates ofphysical and mental health chal-lenges, may move to a statewhere Medicaid is not availableto them, either through the ACAfoster care provision or Medicaid

Expansion funds for low incomeindividuals.

According to the caucus, thisunfairly limits foster youth fromleaving a state to seek a collegeeducation, a new job and a loca-tion closer to family members asdoing so may result in a loss ofhealthcare coverage.

“We appreciate that the regula-tions strive to achieve health par-ity between foster youth andtheir young adult peers who areeligible to receive health cover-age to age 26 under their parents’health insurance plans. However,no residency requirement existsfor young people receivinghealth coverage through theirparents’ plans. In order toachieve true parity, no specificstate residential requirementshould be imposed on fosteryouth,” the Congress memberswrote.

Caucus seeks inclusion of fosteryouth in Affordable Care Act

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Prior to “Argo” winning the Best Picture honors at the Academy

Awards, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge (left), 4th

District, presented the second annual “Made in Hollywood Award” to

Warner Bros. Studios CEO Barry Meyer and the film’s crew on Feb.

21. “Argo” was the only film of the nine nominated for Best Picture to

have been filmed primarily in Los Angeles. “’Argo’ is a great film that

was shot in a great location,” LaBonge said. “When filmmakers

choose not to film in Los Angeles, we risk losing the creative force

that makes Hollywood the entertainment capital of the world.” Of the

13 production weeks in “Argo’s” schedule, 10 took place in Los

Angeles. The other segments were filmed in Istanbul and

Washington, D.C.

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Task force seeks to ensure action on climate changeOn Feb. 25, the co-chairs of the

Bicameral Task Force on ClimateChange, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman(D-Calif.) and Sen. SheldonWhitehouse, joined by new co-chairs Rep. Ed Markey and Sen.Ben Cardin, wrote to nearly 70inspectors general throughout thefederal government requestinginput on what each agency, govern-ment corporation or independentestablishment can do to confront

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The letters ask for information onhow each department or agency iscurrently responding to existingpolicies and directives that addressclimate change, as well as theauthorities each office has — andpotential steps they could take — toreduce emissions and strengthenthe nation’s resiliency to theimpacts of climate change.

In the letter, the members wrote,“In his State of the Union address,the president recognized that addi-tional action by federal agencies isneeded to combat climate change.…This call to action presents anopportunity and obligation foragencies to develop strategies tomeet the challenge of preventingand responding to climate change.”

Waxman and Whitehouse found-ed the task force in January.

Council passes pilot production law Legislation to “incentivize” tele-

vision pilot production in LosAngeles was approved on Feb. 26by the Los Angeles City Council.The incentive would waive cityfees for television pilots and helpLos Angeles compete for entertain-ment productions.

“My plan is that if you film apilot in Los Angeles, you will notget a bill from the city,” saidCouncilman Eric Garcetti, 13thDistrict, the author of the legisla-tion. “This strategic incentive forTV pilots increases our chances oflanding the television series thatfollows. It is a small investment thatcan turn into hundreds of good jobsand generate millions of dollars forour economy.”

Traditionally, Los Angeles hasbeen the hub of television produc-tion in the United States. In 2006and 2007, Los Angeles was hometo 60 percent of all television pilots.In 2012, only 29 percent of all tele-vision pilots were produced in LosAngeles.

“The entertainment industry gen-erates half-a-million local jobs,”Garcetti said. “Other cities, states

and countries are offering powerfulincentives to lure those jobs away.We are fighting back to keep thosejobs right here — where theybelong.”

Additionally, another piece oflegislation to create a city of LosAngeles veterans coordinator wasapproved by city council today.Garcetti, a U.S. Navy reservist, pro-posed a city veterans coordinator tohelp former service members navi-gate local, state and federal bureau-cracy that can stand in the way ofthe help they need and the benefitsthey’ve earned.

“We have programs to help veter-ans with health problems and jobskills, but sometimes the mostpressing need is cutting through thered tape that’s in the way,” he said.“The point is to help L.A. veteransget the help they need and the ben-efits they’ve earned.”

According to the 2011 AmericanCommunity Survey, there wereapproximately 330,000 veterans inLos Angeles County.Approximately 10 percent wereunemployed and nearly 12 percentwere homeless.

Bill may allow public voting systemsSen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima)

on Feb. 25 announced the intro-duction of SB 360, which wouldallow California counties to devel-op, own and operate public votingsystems, subject to approval andcertification by the CaliforniaSecretary of State.

Most California counties pur-chase their voting systems fromone of five private vendors. Thevendors offer a variety of systemsand upgrades that has resulted in apatchwork of technologiesthroughout the state. The privatevendors consider their technologyproprietary and limit public accessto both the operating software andhardware. As a result, state electionofficials and the public are com-pletely dependent upon these com-panies, who are under no legalobligation to notify federal electionofficials or the public when their

voting systems malfunction orhave vulnerabilities or defects.

“Allowing counties to develop,own and operate voting systemswill increase voter confidence inthe integrity of our elections,”Padilla said. “A public voting sys-tem will be more transparent,instill public trust and be moreaccountable.”

The largest county in the nation,Los Angeles County, is seeking todevelop its own system. In 2009,the Los Angeles CountyRegistrar/County Clerk launchedthe Voting Systems AssessmentProject (VSAP) with the goal ofreplacing its 30-year-old system.L.A. County decided to develop itsown system after concluding thatprivate vendors could not meet theunique needs of its 10 million resi-dents and more than 500 politicaldistricts.

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A 40-year-old Los Angeles resi-dent has been convicted of batteryagainst his 73-year-old stepfather,and has been sentenced to 270 daysin Los Angeles County Jail, and 36months’ probation.

The defendant, RonnieMontgomery, was convicted ofthree misdemeanor counts of batter-ing and abusing an elder.Montgomery’s criminal history

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with both fists, causing seriousinjury. Montgomery claimed hewas acting in self-defense, but thejury rejected that argument andreturned three guilty verdicts.

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Investigators with the LosAngeles Police Department areasking for the public’s help in iden-tifying two burglary suspects whowere caught on surveillance video.On Feb. 2 at approximately 3:50p.m., the two suspects armed withhammers entered a jewelry storenear Coldwater Canyon Avenueand Riverside Drive. The suspectsstarted smashing the display casesand removed several watches. Theowner tried to stop the assailantsbut was pushed away. The suspectsran out of the location with severalpieces of jewelry and fled in a lightcolored compact vehicle. The sametwo suspects were also caught onvideo the previous day posing ascustomers.

Both suspects are Hispanic menapproximately 20 to 30 years old.One is 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet talland weighs about 170 pounds,while the other is approximately 5feet 8 inches tall and weighs 150pounds.

Surveillance camera footagefrom the robberies can be viewed atwww.lapdtv.org. Anyone withinformation is asked to contactDetective O’Shea at (818)374-0087 or Detective Flores at(818)374-0079. During weekendsand off-hours, call the LAPD’s 24-hour hotline at (877)LAPD247.


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2013. If you are a victim of a crime, here are the telephone numbers of locallaw enforcement agencies; Los Angeles Police Department, Wilshire Division

(213)473-0489 and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department WestHollywood Station (310)855-8850.

Police Blotter

The following crimes occurred inWest Hollywood and the areaspatrolled by the LAPD’s Wilshireand Hollywood Divisions betweenFeb. 19 and Feb. 24, and werecompiled from www.crimemap-ping.com.

Feb. 19

At 7:15 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a burglary in the 500block of N. Formosa.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked in the 1800 block ofN. Cherokee at 8 a.m.

At 11:51 a.m., an unknown sus-pect burglarized a vehicle parkednear the corner of Edinburgh andMelrose.

An unknown suspect committed agrand theft in the 8500 block ofSunset at 2:45 p.m.

At 5 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a residence in the 100block of S. Edinburgh.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked in the 1000 block ofLexington at 6 p.m.

At 6:10 p.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a burglary in the 300block of S. Cloverfield.

An unknown suspect robbed a vic-tim near the corner of Las Palmasand Lexington at 8 p.m.

Feb. 20

At midnight, an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked nearthe corner of Hayworth andRomaine.

An unknown suspect assaulted avictim in the 1100 block of N. LaBrea at 9:21 a.m.

At 9:54 a.m., an unknown suspectphysically assaulted a victim in the900 block of Palm.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked in the 500 block of S.Curson at 10 a.m.

At 1:40 p.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a petty theft in the 6300block of W. 3rd.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 1700 block of ElCerrito at 3 p.m.

At 4:40 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked nearthe corner of Edinburgh andMelrose.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 1300 block of N.Sycamore at 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 21

At 7:20 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a burglary in the 1300block of N. Sycamore.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked in the 1100 block ofLarrabee at 10:36 a.m.

At 11 a.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the1000 block of S. Genesee.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 6800 block of SantaMonica at 12:30 p.m.

At 1:10 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the100 block of N. Orlando.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked in the 7700 block ofNorton at 2:30 p.m.

At 4:45 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the300 block of Robertson.

A burglary was reported in the 500block of Alandele at 6:20 p.m.

At 8:30 p.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a grand theft in the1300 block of Havenhurst.

Feb. 22

At 10:30 a.m., an unknown sus-pect stole a bicycle in the 8600block of Santa Monica.

An unknown suspect robbed a vic-tim near the corner of Highlandand Fountain at 3:45 p.m.

At 4:15 p.m., an unknown suspectassaulted a victim in the 5300block of Olympic.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked near the corner ofMartel and Romaine at 5 p.m.

At 5 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the6300 block of W. 5th.

An unknown suspect stole a vehi-cle parked in the 1300 block of N.Martel at 7 p.m.

Feb. 23

At 5:30 a.m., an unknown suspectcommitted a burglary in the 1800block of N. Cherokee.

An unknown suspect committed apetty theft in the 1500 block of N.Vine at 6 a.m.

At 11:30 a.m., an unknown sus-pect assaulted a victim in the 1600block of N. Vine.

At 12:30 a.m., an unknown sus-pect committed a grand theft in the1000 block of San Vicente.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked near the corner of8th and Curson at 7 a.m.

An unknown suspect committed aburglary in the 100 block of S.Detroit at 10:45 a.m.

An unknown suspect burglarized avehicle parked near the corner ofHollywood and Gardner at noon.

At 2:59 p.m., an unknown suspectburglarized a vehicle parked in the100 block of The Grove.

At 4:30 p.m., an unknown suspectstole a vehicle parked near thecorner of 1st and Vista.

Feb. 24

At 1:30 a.m., an unknown suspectassaulted a victim in he 6300 blockof Hollywood.

Man arrested for sneaking ontothe red carpet at The Oscars

Suspect convicted of elder abuse

One suspect was arrested aftersneaking onto the red carpet infront of the Dolby Theatre at the85th Academy Awards lastSunday.

The suspect was identified asAlfonso Bermudez, 50. Lt. MarcReina, with the Los AngelesPolice Department’s HollywoodDivision, said private securitydetained Bermudez around 5 p.m.because he did not have propermedia credentials to be on the redcarpet, and turned him over toLAPD officers. Investigatorsdetermined the press pass he wascarrying was fake, and Bermudezwas booked for felony forgery atthe Hollywood Division.

“He had one that he apparentlydoctored up,” Reina said. “Wedon’t know exactly what he wasup to. We are not sure how hebreached security, but he wasfound on the red carpet out infront of the show when thingswere just getting started. Itappears he was just someone whowanted to be part of the event and

wanted to be on the red carpet.” Reina said Bermudez never

posed a threat to any of thecelebrities or others gathered infront of the theatre. Another indi-vidual was detained briefly forallegedly trying to sneak into arestricted area outside the the-atre, but police determined nocrime had been committed, andhe was not arrested. Reina said athird man was taken into custodynear the theatre for drunk drivingafter he attempted to drive intoan area off HollywoodBoulevard that was closed forthe Academy Awards.

“It was fairly uneventful for abig event like that,” Reina said.“The LAPD works with privatesecurity and there is always tightsecurity, but this year we didn’thave many problems.”

Last year, eight people werearrested outside the AcademyAwards. Reina said the arrestsinvolved trespassing intorestricted areas, and there wasone battery.

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Film chronicles students’ project at Grammy Camp

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The Grammy Museum recent-ly premiered the feature lengthdocumentary, “Happy On TheGround: 8 Days At GrammyCamp”, which chronicles 83high school musicians fromaround the country who cametogether for one week in LosAngeles to write, record and per-form all-original music for a pro-fessional concert. Campersreceived input and guidancefrom musicians such as GavinRossdale, Boyz II Men, BarryManilow, Dave Koz and Pearl

Jam’s Dave Krusen. The filmcaptures the personalities andpassions of the musicians, whileexploring the lack of music edu-cation funding in the publicschool system. Pictured at thepremiere are Vince Wilburn, Jr.(left), of Miles Davis Properties,LLC; Scott Goldman, vice presi-dent of the Grammy Foundation;Grammy Award-winning artistShelby Lynne; and Jay Lee,director of Grammy Camp.

For information, visitwww.grammymuseum.org.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hasannounced volunteer opportunitiesfor individuals living or working inthe city of Los Angeles to becomea member of the City of LosAngeles’s Crisis Response Team(CRT). The program is particularlyin need of volunteers with bilin-gual capability in Spanish orKorean.

“The crisis response team playsan important role in our city’s abil-ity to respond to emergencies,”Villaraigosa said. “We’re fortunateto have Los Angeles residents whoare willing to join CRT and helptheir neighbors during a crisis.”

The team is composed of com-munity civilian volunteers whorespond to traumatic incidents atthe request of the Los Angelespolice and fire departments.

The teams of volunteers provideimmediate on-scene crisis inter-vention, attend to survival andcomfort needs, acts as a liaisonbetween the victim and emergencypersonnel, and provide referrals tovictims and their families affectedby a death, a serious injury, a vio-lent crime or other traumatic inci-dents. These include homicides,suicides, serious traffic accidents,natural deaths and multi-casualtyincidents.

The team program is managedby the Mayors Office of HomelandSecurity & Public Safety and isoperated in collaboration with thecity’s fire and police departments.

Volunteers must be at least 21years old and in good physicalcondition. CRT volunteers partici-pate in 48 hours of intensive train-ing designed to help them developthe skills, knowledge and relation-ships necessary to function effec-tively in the field.

The eight-week training sessionsbegin on March 4 and run untilApril 17 on Monday andWednesday evenings at LAPDheadquarters in downtown LosAngeles.

Residents interested in learningmore about volunteering for theCrisis Response Team should con-tact Jeffrey Zimerman at (213)978-0697 or by e-mail at [email protected].

The 2nd annual “Los AngelesTurkish Film Festival” runs fromThursday, Feb. 28 through March3, with screenings of feature andshort films at the Egyptian Theatrein Hollywood.

The festival opens on Feb. 28 at7 p.m. with a screening of YilmazErdogan’s “The Dream of AButterfly/The Butterfly’s Dream”.Additional feature films are EminAlper’s award-winning, “TepeninArdi (Beyond The Hills)”, AliAydin’s “Kuf (Mold)”, and ZekiDemirkubuz’s “Yeralti (Inside)”.There will also be discussions withErdogan and the other filmmakersafter the screenings.

The Egyptian Theatre is locatedat 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Forinformation and schedule, visitwww.latff.org.

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The seared ahi tuna salad is served rare, and topped with a mound of

crispy fried potato strings.

With its magnificent view of theManhattan Beach pier, The StrandHouse wows its hip clientele. Sitting

next to the floor to ceiling glass window, I gazedat the Pacific Ocean while waiting for twofriends to join me for lunch. Every table next tothe wall of windows was occupied with guestswatching sunbathers on the sandy beach, joggersand bicyclists riding along the Strand.

Champagne popping at noon drew my atten-tion as a couple sitting outside on a narrow bal-cony were sipping bubbly while soaking upsome Vitamin D.

Inside the multi-level beach house, the décor offers earthcolors of sand, oatmeal, mocha and espresso. It’s very sooth-ing to the senses.

I was excited to meet the Executive Chef Greg Hozinsky.He’s from Simi Valley and claims he was raised on MinuteRice and overcooked chicken. He moved to San Francisco at18 to enroll in culinary school. He lucked out with his first jobat Michael Mina’s Aqua restaurant.

After Aqua, Hozinsky worked a few years in various finedining establishments in San Francisco and then moved downto the South Bay. Michael Zislis, founder of a conglomerateof successful restaurants and hotels in the South Bay commu-nities, hired Hozinsky to be the chef at Zinc at the ShadeHotel. Recently, Zislis promoted Greg to become theExecutive Chef at The Strand House.

Eager to try some of his signature dishes, we ordered thehamachi crudo as our first course. Crudo is an Italian versionof sushi. It arrived on a plate with fresh yellow tail cut sashi-mi style and layered with silky pieces of avocado. Greg keepsthe delicate fish as pure and simple as possible with a tomato

seed vinaigrette and a sprinkle of crunchy redalaea sea salt.

The jazzy, green, leafy Kale salad was filledwith colorful pomegranates, candied pumpkinseeds, small cubes of goat cheese and farro. Farrois a rustic grain of wheat from Italy that made itsway to America a few years ago. It adds flavorand protein to salads. Greg adds a light lemonjuice and olive oil dressing.

His seared Ahi tuna is impressively servedwith fresh, thick sliced ahi atop baby bib lettuce,slices of avocado, tangerine and grapefruit.Micro arugula and the aji Amarillo aioli add justa hint of spice. The aji Amarillo chili pepper is astaple in Peruvian cooking. This salad is toppedwith a mound of crispy fried potato strings.

Next, we tried the wild boar sausage pizzawith fennel, spicy tomato sauce, guanciale, broc-colini and fontina cheese. Guanciale isunsmoked Italian bacon, usually prepared withpork cheek. Served on a thin crust, the flavors

were glorious.Greg’s signature of hand torn pasta “rags” with lamb

sausage dressed up with roasted fennel, tomatoes and pinenuts was light, yet luxurious and hearty.

For dessert, a plate of petite glazed doughnuts with a choiceof irresistible cranberry glaze, vanilla bean and caramel withfleur de sel arrived.

Leaving the magical setting sated with exquisite food, Iwalked to my car to go back to the real world of carpools,deadlines and preparing dinner for my family. Ah, what awonderful escape from reality for a few hours. Next time youhave the need to get away, enjoy lunch or dinner at The StrandHouse.

A great way to experience The Strand is duringtheir Culinary Masters Series dinner on Monday,March 11. The Strand House is opening itskitchen to Chef Alain Giraud of Maison Giraud,for an evening celebrating caviar and cham-pagne. Collaborating with Executive Chef Greg

Hozinsky and Chef Neal Fraser of The Strand House, ChefGiraud will present a 5-course menu. The first of four cours-es features specialty caviars from Petrossian Paris with cham-pagne pairings by Perrier Jouet. The dinner finishes with aspecialty cheese course by The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills.Representatives Christopher Klapp of Petrossian Paris,Ariane Bouron of Perrier Jouet, and owner Norbert Wabnig ofThe Cheese Store of Beverly Hills will be on hand to guidepatrons through the experience of their delicacies. Cocktailhour begins at 7 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m. This one-of-a-kinddinner is $200 per person including wine pairings. $$$ 117Manhattan Beach Blvd. (310)545-7470.

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The seared ahi tuna salad is served rare, and topped with a

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During their Culinary Masters Series dinner

on Monday, March 11, The Strand House is

opening its kitchen to Chef Alain Giraud of

Maison Giraud, for an evening celebrating

caviar and champagne.

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Bites and Flights atThe Fat Dog

The Fat Dog-Hollywood andAvery Brewing Company join

forces to present four of Avery’scharacterful brews, paired with ChefJohn Gladish’s modern comfortmenu items in a night of ‘Bites andFlights’ tonight, Feb. 28 from 6 p.m.to 9 p.m. Some of the dishes includegrilled Kielbasa sausage withsmoked gouda and caramelizedonions on a French roll; Avery whiterascal braised PEI mussels, withgrilled ciabatta, scallions; and chiliand short rib French dip withGruyere cheese and beer batteredonion rings. Other favoritesare shrimp corndogs and potato-crusted lobster sandwich. 801 N.Fairfax Ave. (323)951-0030.

Saddle Peak Lodge &Malibu Family Wines

Want to learn about some greatlocal wines? The Malibu

Family Wines has 8 varietals plant-ed in the Santa Monica Mountains.Enjoy a special six-course winedinner at Saddle Peak Lodgetonight starting at 6 p.m. for $85 perperson. 419 Cold Cyn. Rd.(818)222-3888.

Calling Kings Fans

The “Feast fit for a King” Benefitwill be held at Fleming’s Prime

Steakhouse & Wine Bar at L.A.LIVE on March 10. Hockey fanscan sit down to lunch with the LAKings players, along with theteam’s mascot, Bailey. Lunch is

from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and includesa four-course surf and turf feast,featuring Krupp Brothers wine.Players will rotate between tablesto visit guests. Tickets are $750 perperson with 100 percent of the pro-ceeds to benefit the Kings CareFoundation. Order tickets atwww.lakings.com/royalfeast. Alsoat Flemings, Executive ChefRussell Skall has designed an inno-vative market-driven prix fixe,showcasing two courses at a specialprice of $40.95 now until March10. 800 West Olympic Blvd.,(213)745-9911.

Barbershop

Chef Walter el Nagar (Michelin-starred La Botte) and partner

Mario Vollera (Piccolo Venice;Antica Pizzeria), have taken overthe former A.O.C. restaurant space.On Wednesday, March 6 ChefKevin Meehan (Kali Dining) willbe working with Chef el Nagar onan eight-course prix fixe menu

priced at $110. On Friday, March 8,Andy Lynch from Wine WithoutWalls will be a guest sommelierconducting wine pairings. Therestaurant will have two seatings at7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. On Sunday,March 10, Chef Miguel Manrubiawill be preparing a Spanish-stylebrunch for $75 at 1 p.m. 8022 WestThird St. (424)272-5849.

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Starting March 1, the Burger ofthe Month is a Drunken Steak

Sandwich. The sandwich is madewith choice 7 oz. New York stripsteak infused with a Guinness andmolasses marinade. It rests on a bedof arugula and roma tomatoesroasted in Jameson Irish Whiskey.It’s topped with melted Provolonecheese, roasted red peppers, thickcut bacon, smothered in a Guinnessand blue cheese dressing, served ona ciabatta loaf. 61 North RaymondAve. (626)765-9700.

Sat. Brunch atMuddy Leeks

Muddy Leeks is open from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat. serving

quiche with leeks, spinach and fonti-na cheese. The fried chicken and waf-fles is made with Mary’s Chicken andserved with house gravy and maplesyrup. The curried chickenand pinkapple salad is accompanied with acumin crostini. 8631 WashingtonBlvd. (310)838-2281.

Bamboo Izakaya

Bamboo Izakaya just opened inSanta Monica offering special-

ty items, robata items, such ashamachi kama with daikon oroshi,and ponzu; New York beef withmushrooms in a red wine-wasabireduction; and sake harasu trio –salmon belly three ways. Theyserve sushi and sashimi, as well assignature house rolls. 1541 OceanAve. Suite #120, (310)566-3860.

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Shoppers at The OriginalFarmers Market, corner of 3rd andFairfax, can win a personalized,handcrafted wooden grocery basketfilled with gourmet groceries fromall 14 of the Market’s grocers — a$1,500 value — in the Market’sGreat Gourmet Grocery Giveawaycontest, running through May 8.The iconic green wooden basketshave been a customer favorite sincetheir introduction in the 1940s.

The Great Gourmet GroceryGiveaway also includes threemonthly drawings, with prizes of agourmet grocery basket valued at$300, and weekly merchant spe-cials. The grand prize drawing forthe $1,500 basket will take place onMay 9. The three $300 prize draw-ings will take place on March 1,April 1 and May 9.

“Entering the contest is easy,”said Ilysha Buss, marketing direc-tor for the Original FarmersMarket. “Each participating grocerwill have an orange, miniaturewooden basket and entry forms ontheir counter during their featuredweek. Our merchants are givingaway top-tier, gourmet items, andgiving away one of our iconicgreen baskets is a first, a milestone.We anticipate that a lot of our cus-tomers will participate.”

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The Craft and Folk Art Museum,Los Angeles (CAFAM) is hosting aseries of programs in conjunctionwith the ongoing exhibit, “SocialFabric”.

Works by seven emerging andmid-career American artists aredisplayed in the exhibit. Their fab-ric-based art and social investiga-

tions question systems of mass pro-duction, consumption and milita-rization. At the core of the exhibit isthe methods the artists use to inter-act with viewers. The artists —Stephanie Syjuco, Carole FrancesLung, and Allison Smith — will beleading collaborative workshopsfrom Saturday, March 2 through

May 1 to elaborate on their meth-ods, and participants can workdirectly with them to learn moreabout the issues they are addressingthrough their work.

The series begins on March 2 at3 p.m. with a discussion by Syjuco,who will also lead a “CounterfeitCrochet” workshop on March 3. Asession for beginners runs from10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; with theadvanced session running from 2 to4 p.m.

The series resumes on March 8and 9 with a performance byLindsay Degen. The artist will cre-ate a “knitting factory” in the muse-um shop window to demonstratethe amount of time it takes to makegarments by hand. She will beginthe performance wearing a bathingsuit, putting on each piece of cloth-ing as it is knit, and slowly trans-forming herself before the viewers’eyes. Additional events related tothe exhibit will be held on March23, April 28 and 29, and on May 1at CAFAM, La Casa Del Mariachi,and California State University,Los Angeles.

CAFAM is located at 5814Wilshire Blvd. For information,call (323)937-4230, or visitwww.cafam.org.


photo by Anne Carmack

Visitors crocheted at CAFAM during the opening reception for the “Social

Fabric” exhibit. They can learn more about the artists this weekend.

but when mayhem kicks in during avery public trial, Jack and Johnmust put aside years of issues tosave Komarov (Sebastian Koch) sohe can testify about (Did you guessit? How could you?) Chernobyl. Sorandom.

More than any other installment,the plotline lacks any semblance ofdepth, and the villains are even lessnoteworthy than before. Long goneare the days of Alan Rickman’scharacter, Hans Gruber, or even thefar less interesting Col. Stuart(William Sadler) in the first sequel.

This might be the most absurd“Die Hard” installment yet (oh yes,more are on their way), but it easilylives up to the franchise’s name.Try this out for a drinking game,every time McClane survivessomething outlandish, take a drink.After the first chase scene –– done.All around, “A Good Day” lacksthe finesse of the other films –– theoriginality of an actioner spectacle,like McClane running barefootthrough glass, lighting a plane onfire to create a runway path or bare-ly dodging an air-bound car byducking between two cars that cre-ate a bridge effect. This one’stheme: chaos. Like “Bad Boys II”,this is textbook action without con-text. It’s a lot of rumble withoutmuch reason.

I’d say I’m disappointed in Willis

for reprising his career-definingrole in such a lazy way, but to befair, the man has always been ratherliberal with his acting choices. Helikes to act, and his character-typecharm is perhaps the most recy-clable role in Hollywood. And Ican’t deny how enjoyable he is,even when he clearly doesn’t carewhat he’s doing.

Here comes the “but.” Eventhough this is a blatant cash cowthat exploits the good name of thebest (yeah, I said it) action movie ofall time (the first one that is), I can’thelp but find some mediocre plea-sure amidst such shrill incoherence.It’s still John McClane, the always-bloodied, “yippy-ki-yay” bellow-ing cop who always seems to pickthe worst vacation spots in thecountry ... and now world.

Even amidst such overbearing

yet numbing filmmaking, it’s hardnot to like Willis and bask in theroller coaster ride effect of $92 mil-lion of special effects and lavishsets. “A Good Day to Die Hard”survives because of a dash ofhumor (sometimes unintentionally)coupled with a few bland moments,but it never feels completely use-less.

So rent it, see it in theatres –– itdoesn’t matter. But you could doworse. After all, it’s John McClaneback in an R-rated film (“Live Freeor Die Hard” was PG-13), employ-ing his classic snarky banter andvibrant vocabulary. All hail the lastcowboy in America. And when partsix premieres (oh please let it becalled “Have a Good Die Hard” or“Live and Let Die Hard”), whenyou “die hard,” you probably won’tdie gracefully.

photo by Frank Masi, SMPSP

Bruce Willis (left) returns as John McClane, and is joined by his son

Jack, portrayed by Jai Courtney, in “A Good Day to Die Hard”.

photo by Frank Masi, SMPSP

John McClane (Bruce Willis) and his son, Jack (Jai Courtney) have to

fight to stop a nuclear weapons heist in “A Good Day to Die Hard”.

Is it ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’?Fifth time’s a charm? Yay, for

“Fast Five”, but nay (kind of) for“A Good Day to Die Hard”.Everyone’s favorite modern-daycowboy, John McClane (BruceWillis), feels rather out of place inhis fifth attempt at saving the day,this time for Mother Russia.Director John Moore (fresh off thatpainfully droll, “Max Payne”) andscreenwriter Skip Woods (responsi-ble for such half-mast duds as“Wolverine” and “Hitman”) havecashed in on the “Die Hard” banner,making a film light years betterthan anything they’ve created sepa-rately.

Previously on “Die Hard”, thehero cop saved hostages in a build-

ing, an entire airport, the good peo-ple of Los Angeles and, even, theAmerican economy, but he neverknew much about parenting andeven less about being a husband.Now, he’s divorced and estrangedfrom his children, though it onlytook some recession-exploiting vil-lains for him to reconnect with hisdaughter, Lucy (Mary ElizabethWinstead). It’s going to take savinga country for McClane to makethings right with his son, Jack (JaiCourtney).

McClane usually stumbles upontrouble, but here he seeks it outwhen he learns of Jack’s rather pub-lic run-in with the law in Moscow.Not sure what his original plan was,

Craft museum presents artists’ workshops Arists pay tribute to ‘Oz’

photo courtesy of the Heritage Square Museum

The Heritage Square Museum, in conjunction with CreatureFeatures, will pay tribute to “The Land of Oz” with an exhibit titled“Visions of Oz — A Celebration From Over the Rainbow” runningfrom Sunday, March 3 through 31.

The multi-media exhibit showcases over 100 works from a diversegroup of artists such as Rick Baker, Drew Struzan and Dave Dorman.There will be illustrations, paintings, sculptures and full-sized recre-ations of characters from the beloved 1939 MGM musical starringJudy Garland. The event will also showcase historic memorabilia,such as rare editions of the original L. Frank Baum books, props, con-cepts and artwork from film and TV projects.

The exhibit will be on view from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridaythrough Sunday. Admission to the exhibit is $5; $10 for exhibit andmuseum tour. The Museum is located at 3800 Homer St. For infor-mation, call (323)225-2700, or visit www.heritagesquare.org.



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Lalique, a luxury retailer locatedin Beverly Hills, recently hosted aphotography exhibition and recep-tion at the Montage Hotel in honorof Sue Tsao and her fellowshipprogram with Operation Smile.

The photography exhibition cel-ebrated the medical volunteersworking with Operation Smile,who are changing the lives of chil-dren born with cleft lip or cleftpalate.

The images portrayed the differ-ent stages patients go through,from pre-operative care andscreenings to the operating roomand post-operative rehabilitation.Through the Sue Tsao FellowshipProgram, surgeons gain experienceand pursue research opportunitieswith Operation Smile, which treatschildren around the world.

Since 1982, Operation Smile hasprovided more than 3.5 millionhealthcare evaluations, and con-ducted over 200,000 free surgeriesfor children and young adults incountries around the world.

For information, visitwww.operationsmile.org.

Operation Smile’s work in helping kids honored

photo courtesy of Lalique

Photographs chronicling Operation Smile’s work were displayed at the

reception in Beverly Hills.

Audience favorites return innew season at The Pantages

photo by Joian Marcus

Tickets will be available beginning March 4 for the 2013-14 seasonof productions at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

The line-up includes the return of “The Book of Mormon”;Disney’s “The Lion King”; the 2012 Tony-winner for Best Musical,Once”; the supernatural love story, “Ghost The Musical”; theBroadway revival of “Evita”; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new produc-tion of “The Wizard of Oz”; a theatrical celebration of the composerhimself, “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber”; the premiere of“War Horse”; and Green Day’s “American Idiot”.

Seven-show packages start at $220. Season tickets packages go onsale on March 4 at 10 a.m. by calling (866)755-BWAY, or visitwww.HollywoodPantages.com.

The Jewish CommunityFoundation of Los Angeles hasannounced the election ofLawrence Rauch as the new chairof its Board of Trustees.

Rauch succeeds Lorin M. Fife,who completed consecutive two-year terms. The foundation is thelargest manager of charitable assetsand planned-giving solutions forLos Angeles-area Jewish philan-thropists.

Rauch has a long history with thefoundation dating back to 1982.Over the past 31 years, he hasserved as an advisory-board mem-ber, trustee, chair of its GrantsCommittee and, most recently, asits treasurer and FinanceCommittee chair. He is a past pres-

ident of Jewish Family Servicewho also has held multiple leader-ship positions in the JewishFederation.

“The foundation occupies animportant station in Los AngelesJewish philanthropy — for donorsand beneficiary nonprofit organiza-tions alike — and playing a role inits stewardship is enormously ful-filling,” Rauch said. “I am lookingforward to working even moreclosely with the foundation in thisrole.”

The foundation currently man-ages assets of $797 million, and in2012, distributed $53 million ingrants to hundreds of organiza-tions. For information, visitwww.jewishfoundationla.org.

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The 35th group of MAK CenterArtists and Architects inResidence will present an exhibi-tion of their works running fromMarch 8 through 10 at the MackeyApartments and Garages.

Offered competitively to earlycareer architects from abroad, theMAK Center Artists andArchitects in Residence programawards six-month live/workscholarships. The exhibition oftheir final projects allows the resi-dents to share the work they havecreated in Los Angeles, and visi-tors can experience the R.M.Schindler-designed property asthey walk through four mini-exhi-bition spaces in the apartment andgarage spaces, and the “GarageTop”, designed by SpaceInternational. A free public recep-tion is scheduled on Friday, March8 from 7-9 p.m.

Works by artists MarkusKrottendorfer, Lucie Stahl, SteffiAlte and Eva Seiler, and architectAnton Savov, will be displayed.Krottendorfer has documentednumerous sites in Western stateswhere aerospace, astronomy andarchitecture converge, and hisimages form a traveler’s archiveof the infrastructural legacy of20th Century U.S. space explo-

ration. Stahl presents the latestrendition of a do-it-yourself bookshe has been developing over thelast several years. Each portion ofthe publication was produced inresponse to various personal andsocial situations. The book is com-prised of photographs that exploreStahl’s ideas of collage, foundobjects, and portraiture, and reflecther experiences in Los Angeles.

Savov’s project, “Box in aCloud”, is a design for a hypothet-ical inhabitable environment in

Los Angeles that could serve1,000 to 1,500 people. Participantscan refine the inhabitable “cloud”in real-time by setting up specificpurposes for their “box”. Theresult is fed back simultaneouslyin 3D to all participants. A com-puter terminal allows visitors tocontribute to the designing efforts.The Mackey Apartments andGarages are located at 1137 S.Cochran Ave. For information,call (323)651-1510, or visitwww.makcenter.org.

Exhibit showcases MAK Center works

photo courtesy of Merrell Virgin VSPOT Photography

After a successful run on Broadway, former Heavyweight BoxingChampion Mike Tyson brings his one-man show, “Mike Tyson:Undisputed Truth”, to the Pantages Theatre running March 8 through 10.

The show by director Spike Lee and producer James L. Nederlanderoffers a rare, personal look inside the life and mind of one of the mostfeared men ever to wear the heavyweight crown. Aside from havingbeen the undisputed heavyweight champion, Tyson holds the record asthe youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavy-weight titles. He has also appeared in movies such as “The Hangover”and on television in the Animal Planet’s “Taking on Tyson”.Showtimes are at 8 p.m. on March 8 and 9; 7 p.m. on March 10. ThePantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Blvd. For information,call (800)982-2787, or visit www.BroadwayLA.org.

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8. Put in a nutshell

13. Pervasive quality

14. Fruitless

15. Develop

16. Follow a recipe directive

17. Figure in Maori mytholo-gy

18. Corset tightener

19. Be a generous trapper

22. Diaper cream ingredient

23. ___ Day

24. Mathematical function

27. Epitome of simplicity

29. Car with a bar

33. Divination deck

34. It may be bid

36. Center of a ball?

37. Buy a beachfront boutique

40. Night of poetry

41. Katzbalger, e.g.

42. Undulating

43. Environs

45. Belgium village

46. Climbing herbs

47. Perceive

49. Superciliousness

50. Savory aroma at a clam-bake

58. Stand for something

59. Eukaryotic organism

60. Hip bones

61. Very, in music

62. Flock member

63. Abdicator of 1917

64. Noah’s son, and name-sakes

65. Armageddon

66. Round up

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2. Gordon or Ginsburg

3. “Mi chiamano Mimi,” e.g.

4. Role in “ArrestedDevelopment”

5. Black band of mourning

6. Falafel bread

7. Jewish month

8. Hot stuff

9. ___ nitrate

10. Flexible mineral

11. End ___

12. Title for some priests

14. Bad lighting?

20. Lifts up

21. Run the show

24. Muddleheaded

25. Speed demon

26. Grimalkin

27. Dig, so to speak

28. Shuttlecock

30. Some reality show winners

31. Actress Oberon

32. Doesn’t ignore

34. Call to a mate

35. Bridal party members

38. Takes out a fly

39. Metal worker

44. Radiant

46. Air freshener option

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53. Actor Alan

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Election season was in full swing in this photograph from the Feb.28, 1974 issue of the Park Labrea News, in which City CouncilPresident John Ferraro, 4th District, filed papers to run for LosAngeles County Supervisor. Ferraro, an icon in city government formore than three decades, ended up losing that race to the late CountySupervisor Edmund Edelman, but went on to lead the city counciluntil his death in 2001. On March 5, voters in Los Angeles will headto the polls to select a new mayor, representatives for City CouncilDistricts 5 and 1, and many other districts, school board membersand Los Angeles City Attorney. In West Hollywood, candidates arevying for two city council seats. For information and a list of candi-dates, see page 1.

Elections heat up in ‘74

Former heavyweight champshows his lighter side

photo courtesy of Markus Krottendorfer

Photos by Markus Krottendorfer are included in the new exhibit being

held at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture’s Mackey Apartments.


WeHo concert series resumes with jazz performance

Music lovers will enjoy the Cityof West Hollywood’s Arts andCultural Affairs Commission’s“2013 Winter Sounds” series,which runs through March 24.

There will be a variety of bigband, jazz, classical and contem-porary music during the free con-certs in the West HollywoodLibrary City Council Chambers,

Fiesta Hall and Kings Road Park.Ali Lewis and her Jazz Quartetwill perform on March 9 in thecouncil chambers, and the PaulMcDonald Big Band performs onMarch 24 in Fiesta Hall atPlummer Park, 7377 SantaMonica Blvd.

For information, call (323)848-6377, or visit www.weho.org/arts.

Symposium focuses onIsraeli homeland security

photo by Orly Halevy

The American Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev(BGU) in Israel hosted a recent symposium at the Beverly HiltonHotel with three faculty members from the university’s HomelandSecurity Institute. The symposium honored the International JudeaFoundation, and Steve Pomerantz, former head of the FBI’sCounterterrorism Division, was the keynote speaker. Dariush Fakheri(left), president of the International Judea Foundation, accepted anaward from Professor Amos Drory, BGU vice president for externalaffairs, and was joined by event chairs Ruth Flinkman-Marandy andBen Marandy. Also attending were professor Dan Blumberg, directorof BGU’s Homeland Security Institute, who discussed his research onremote sensing from space; professor Bracha Shapira, a leadingexpert in cyber security; and professor Gabby Sarusi, who is usingnanotechnology to improve night vision.

The International Judea Foundation is the largest Iranian Jewishnonprofit organization in Los Angeles. It was honored for establish-ing Project Jacob at BGU in 2010 to support the commercializationof innovative research and development in homeland security, alter-native energy, medicine, and technology. For information, visitwww.aabgu.org.

The Los Angeles CountyMuseum of Art presents an exhibittitled “Ends and Exits:Contemporary Art From theCollections of LACMA and theBroad Foundation”, runningthrough Aug. 4 in the BroadContemporary Art Museum.

The selection of works reflectstrends in contemporary art thatemerged in the 1980s. The seeds ofwhat would come to be known asthe “Pictures Generation” wereplanted in Los Angeles at theCalifornia Institute for the Arts,where conceptual artist JohnBaldessari helped shape the careersof artists such as Troy Brauntuch,Matt Mullican, Jack Goldstein andDavid Salle. Curators, writers, andcritics of the era grappled with anemerging sense that pictures, ratherthan paintings, were of importancein the postmodern world. Themovement subjected the traditionsof painting and image-making toscrutiny.

The LACMA exhibition devotesa single room to the work of MeyerVaisman, while another roomfocuses on Sherrie Levine, whosework with appropriation impactedmany artists.

The concept of the “ready-made”, which is at the heart ofLevine’s practice, is also exploredin works by Hans Haacke, HaimSteinbach and AllanMcCollum. Artist Robert Longo isrepresented by two monumentalworks, while Laurie Anderson andBill T. Jones are represented by

videos documenting their perfor-mances. There are also works byJenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger,Adrian Piper, Leon Golub, SarahCharlesworth, Louise Lawler,Robert Gober, David Hammons,

Cady Noland and LorraineO’Grady.

LACMA is located at 5905Wilshire Blvd. For information,call (323)857-6000, or visitwww.lacma.org.

photo courtesy of the Jack Goldstein Estate

Arist Jack Goldstein’s “Untitled” work from 1988 is included in the new

exhibit at LACMA. The piece is from the Broad Foundation’s collection.

LACMA presents contemporary art exhibit

African American business leaders recognizedIn recognition of African

American Heritage Month, theBlack Business Association (BBA)is honoring four leaders at its 39thannual awards dinner on Feb. 28 atthe Omni Hotel. The event ischaired by AT&T, begins with areception at 6 p.m., followed by thedinner program at 7 p.m.

The honorees are Kenneth

McNeely, California president forAT&T, who will receive theChairman’s Award; Valerie LynneShaw, Commissioner for the city ofL.A. Board of Public Works, whowill receive the Special RecognitionAward; Robin Petgrave, executivedirector of Tomorrow’sAeronautical Museum, which isbeing honored with the Community

Service Award; and Earl “Skip”Cooper II, president and CEO of theBBA, who is being recognized withthe Lifetime Achievement Award.

The event honors entities thatsupport the African American busi-ness community. The Omni Hotel islocated at 251 S. Olive St. For infor-mation, visit www.blackbusinessas-sociation.org.

BHBA hosts ‘Litigation Awards’

photo by Lee Salem

The legal community came together on Feb. 20 at the Beverly HillsBar Association’s (BHBA) 3rd annual “BHBA Litigation AwardsDinner” to honor judge Christina A. Snyder and attorney Marshall B.Grossman. Pictured at the event were Jonathan Stein (left), of theLaw Offices of Jonathan G. Stein and chair of the BHBA LitigationSection and the Litigation Awards Dinner; Snyder, who received theRonald M. George Award for Judicial Excellence; Grossman, whoreceived the Excellence in Advocacy Award; former governor PeteWilson; BHBA president John K. Rubiner; and BHBA executivedirector Marc Staenberg. For information, visit www.bhba.org.

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The Grammy Museum has updat-ed its “Enduring Traditions” exhibi-tion with several items from L.A.Philharmonic music directorGustavo Dudamel.

The additions celebrate the con-ductor’s accomplishments and hisimpact on the LA Phil and the LosAngeles community. The exhibitdisplays tails from Dudamel’s LAPhil inaugural gala, the baton from“Bienvenido Gustavo!” at theHollywood Bowl, photography frommemorable performances, and hisoriginal score of John Adams’ “CityNoir”.

The exhibit also memorializesDudamel’s commitment to educa-tion, including a paper violin givento him by the first class of studentsparticipating in his Youth OrchestraLos Angeles (YOLA) program, andoriginal portraits of Dudamel giftedto him by young students from

throughout Los Angeles. ThroughYOLA — which was inspired byVenezuela’s “El Sistema” — theL.A. Phil and its community part-ners provide free instruments, musictraining and academic support to stu-dents from underserved neighbor-hoods. Over the last four years,YOLA has grown to serve over 500students ages 2-17 in South L.A. andthe Rampart District.

The “Enduring Traditions” exhib-it allows visitors to experience thecareers of artists who have made sig-nificant contributions to Americanmusical traditions in a variety ofgenres. The Grammy Museumexplores and celebrates the enduringlegacies of all forms of music, thecreative process, the art and technol-ogy of the recording process, and thehistory of the premier recognition ofexcellence in recorded music

The museum is located on the

fourth floor of The GrammyMuseum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd. Forinformation, visit www.grammymu-seum.org.


The Native Voices at the Autryprogram presents “The BirdHouse” by Diane Glancy runningfrom Friday, March 1 through 17 atthe Autry National Center.

Glancy, author of the play“Salvage”, worked closely withNative Voices on “The BirdHouse” for more than two years.Directed by Robert Caisley, theplay was written for and starsNative Voices co-founder/produc-ing artistic director RandyReinholz in his Native Voices act-ing debut.

“We are proud to present theworld premiere of Diane Glancy’s‘The Bird House’ as part of ourongoing commitment to giveexpression to the histories, experi-ences and perspectives of Nativepeoples,” said David Burton,senior director of the AutryInstitute at the Autry NationalCenter. “Diane’s poetically heart-wrenching play, as well as all thecreative work that grows out ofNative Voices at the Autry, con-tributes enormously to our missionof fully exploring the stories of thediverse peoples of the AmericanWest.”

The play tells the story ofReverend Logan (Reinholz), an

evangelical preacher fighting tosave his family, his church and hiscommunity during an economiccrisis when the promise of naturalgas production from frackingseems to provide a lifeline to hissmall west Texas town. The castalso features Tyler Cook, Carla-Rae, Robert Owens-Greygrass andEllen Dostal. Tickets are $20. TheAutry National Center is located at4700 Western Heritage Way, inGriffith Park. For information, call(323)495-4354 or visitwww.NativeVoicesattheAutry.org.

With lead funding from theNational Endowment for the Arts,the Thelonious Monk Institute ofJazz will introduce its “Peer-to-Peer” jazz education program inLos Angeles public schools and atUCLA from March 4 to 8.

The performances will be pre-sented by six public high schoolmusic students from around thecountry who participate in theInstitute’s National Performing ArtsHigh School Jazz Program. Theywill be featured with internationallyacclaimed jazz trumpeter, TerellStafford. Also on hand will beKansas City vocal sensation andformer Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz VocalsCompetition winner Lisa Henry,and renowned jazz educator Dr. J.B.Dyas.

Each school visit will include anassembly program with a musicalperformance for all students, fol-lowed by jazz workshops for eachschool’s jazz band and choir with

the visiting student performers play-ing alongside and sharing ideas withtheir Los Angeles counterparts.

“As young people are so influ-enced by kids their own age, whobetter to expose them to this greatAmerican art form than those oftheir own generation?” saidThelonious Monk, Jr., chairman ofthe institute’s board of trustees.“And when you hear how greatthese young kids play, you know thefuture of our music is in goodhands.”

Besides playing jazz at a levelthat belies their years, the studentswill talk with their Los Angelespeers about what jazz is, why it’simportant to America and how ajazz ensemble represents a perfectdemocracy. They also will discussthe important American values thatjazz represents: teamwork, freedomwith responsibility, unity with eth-nic diversity, the correlation of hardwork and goal accomplishment, andthe vital importance of really listen-ing to one another. Immediately fol-lowing the performances, the stu-dents will conduct jazz workshopsfor each host school’s jazz band andchoir.

The weeklong stint will includetwo shows open to the public at 7and 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, atVibrato, 2930 N. Beverly GlenCircle in Bel Air. The octet will per-form standards, jazz classics andcontemporary jazz. For information,call (310)474-9400 or visitwww.vibratogrilljazz.com.

The Greater Los Angeles ZooAssociation (GLAZA) hasannounced that its 43rd annual“Beastly Ball” will be held onSaturday, June 15 at 6 p.m. at theLos Angeles Zoo.

The honorees will be WellsFargo and actress Pauley Perrette,who will receive the TomMankiewicz Leadership Award.The Beastly Ball traditionallyattracts more than 1,000 attendeesand raises more than $1 millionfor GLAZA projects.

Perette, a long-time GLAZAsupporter, is best known for play-ing Abby Sciuto on “NCIS”. TheTom Mankiewicz LeadershipAward was established in memo-ry of the former GLAZA chair-man, who was a film and televi-sion writer and director.Mankiewicz, who passed away in2010, was also a champion forsaving and protecting wildlife andthe environment. Wells Fargo isbeing recognized for its commu-nity philanthropy.

Guests at the “Beastly Ball”walk through the zoo after hours,viewing its inhabitants. There arealso animal feedings and “animalwalk-abouts”, chats with zookeepers and the chance to observesmall animals up close. There willbe a silent and live auction bene-fitting GLAZA programs, and

food provided by some of L.A.’smost popular restaurants. Ticketsto the Beastly Ball are $1,000.The Los Angeles Zoo is located at

5333 Zoo Dr. in Griffith Park. Fortickets and information, call(323)644-4753, or visit www.la-zoo.org.

photo by Edwin Folven

Birds of prey were exhibited at last year’s “Beastly Ball”, which enables

visitors to get up close with the animals.

GLAZA announces ‘Beastly Ball’ line-up Autry Center gives voice toNative American playwrights

Diane Glancy

Foundation recognizesdocumentary filmmakers

photo courtesy of YMF

The Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) held its gala on Feb. 9 atthe Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Honorees Albert and Trudy Kallis(left) are pictured with their daughter-in-law, Suzi Kallis, and sonDanny Kallis at the event. Albert and Trudy Kallis, who are docu-mentary filmmakers, received the YMF Humanitarian Award. Thecouple creates films focusing on arts, music and music education.Trudy Kallis is a current board member for YMF, which supportsmusic education, scholarships, pre-professional musical training andperformance opportunities. For information, visit www.ymf.org.

United States Attorney AndréBirotte Jr. has announced the launchof the “We Love Wildlife” cam-paign — a public education pro-gram to promote awareness aboutthe international black market forthreatened and endangered speciesand how U.S. laws are used to pro-tect animal species.The United States is a large con-sumer of wildlife products illegallypoached and smuggled from othercountries. Many Americans do notknow that it is illegal to sell, or offerto sell, endangered wildlife orwildlife parts.

The United States Attorney’sOffice has also partnered with theHumane Society of the UnitedStates in the “We Love Wildlife”campaign to help spread the mes-sage and educate the public aboutwildlife protection statutes througha series of public events. OnSaturday, Feb. 23, federal prosecu-tors and agents from investigatingagencies will be part of the “SafariSafety Program” at the Los AngelesZoo, where participants can learnabout careers in wildlife protectionand enforcement. For information,visit www.justice.gov/usao/cac.

U.S. Attorney launches publicwildlife education program

Program fosters a love of jazz at L.A. schools

Museum adds items from LA Phil director to exhibit

“... Who better to

expose them to

this great

American art form

than those of their

own generation?”

-Thelonious Monk, Jr.

photo courtesy of the LA Phil

Items belonging to LA Phil music

director Gustavo Dudamel are now

included in an exhibit on music

from different genres at the

Grammy Museum.


Sen. Ted W. Lieu has authoredlegislation to create broader stan-dards for labeling seafood after atwo-year, nationwide study bythe conservation group Oceanadetermined that 25 to 70 percentof seafood served in restaurantsis mislabeled.

“Thanks to Oceana’s testing of1,200 seafood samples from 674retail outlets in 21 states, con-sumers now know there arealarming national trends ofseafood mislabeling among retailoutlets, especially at restaurantsand grocery stores,” Lieu said.“More must be done to help pro-tect public health and the envi-ronment while providing con-sumers a more accurate under-standing of the source of theseafood they eat.”

Lieu said his pending measure,which has yet to be assigned anumber, urges support for betternational standards, such as trac-ing seafood from sea to point of

sale. The senator is also lookingat possibilities for California-specific legislation to protectconsumers.

Last year, he authored SB1486, which sought more accu-rate identification ofseafood. The bill passed theState Senate’s Policy Committeebut was held in the RulesCommittee.

“A federal solution would beoptimal because of potential sup-ply chain problems across theUnited States,” he said. “As aresult of inadequate laws and laxenforcement, the source of muchof the seafood Californians eatremains a potentially dangerousmystery.”

Oceana’s study tested seafoodsamples using DNA analysis andfound widespread mislabeling.In Southern California, morethan half the seafood, 52 percent,was mislabeled, according toFood and Drug Administration

guidelines. Oceana focused onthe frequency of mislabelingrather than its origins, but thestudy indicated that fraud canoccur at any point in the supplychain.

Of particular concern, Lieusaid, is the commercial seafoodsector, where federal “Country ofOrigin” labeling has many loop-holes and exemptions — mostnotably for seafood sold inrestaurants.

There is essentially no relevantstate or federal enforcementmechanisms for misidentifyingseafood, and violators faceinsignificant fines, according toLieu.

“As our food supply becomesmore global, it is more importantthan ever to give consumersaccurate information about theseafood they eat,” he added.“Our health may depend on it.”For information, visit www.sen-ate.ca.gov/lieu.

access to early education, sloweremergency response, slashedhealthcare and more people livingon the street.”

The White House recentlyreleased a report on how thesequestration could affectCalifornia this year. According tothe White House, the state couldlose approximately $87.6 million infunding for primary and secondaryeducation and $62.9 million infunds for teachers, aides and staffwho assist children with disabili-ties.

Approximately 9,600 fewer low-income college students wouldreceive financial aid, 3,690 fewerstudents could obtain work-studyjobs and Head Start and Early HeadStart services would be eliminatedfor about 8,200 children, accordingto the report.

It could also result in approxi-mately 64,000 civilian Departmentof Defense employees being fur-loughed, $54 million in cuts toArmy base operations, $15 millionin cuts to Air Force operations andthe cancellation of maintenance andrepair to five Navy ships in SanDiego.

Sequestration could also affectprotections for clean air and cleanwater, Justice Assistance Grants,job search assistance, childcare,vaccines for children, public health,programs that serve victims ofdomestic violence and nutritionassistance for seniors, according tothe White House.

“I think it will be deeply hurtfulto the economy and to a lot of fam-ilies around the country and in ourdistrict,” Schiff said, adding thatinaction by Congress could costtens of thousands of people theirjobs. “It’s hard to see how any-body’s life will not be touched bythis in an adverse way.”

He said residents could expectlonger lines at the airport, fewerHIV tests being administered, lesspolice officers in the field, fewervaccines for children and largerclassroom sizes.

U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said the cuts, if implement-ed, could be damaging to his con-stituents — especially those whodepend on government services andthose who work in the defense or

national security industry. It willalso have implications for food pro-grams for children and the elderly,first responders, air traffic con-trollers, food inspectors, FEMA,supplemental nutrition systems andHead Start programs.

“It’s irrational,” he said. “It’sunnecessary, but it looks like it’sgoing to happen. And it will do a lotof harm to our economy and ourpeople who rely on governmentprograms. This is not thoughtthrough in terms of priorities.”

Schiff said he doesn’t believe adeal will be struck by Friday, asthere is too much work to do and alack of willingness to do it. He saidGOP leadership in the House decid-ed a month ago to let sequestrationgo into effect.

It is debatable how detrimentalthe cuts could be and how quicklythey could take effect. Schiff saidthere is not much of a grace period,and agencies do not have much dis-cretion on what cuts can be deferred.

“They will be felt more deeplyover time,” he said, adding that it ispossible that Congress could reach adeal shortly after the deadline pass-es. “That’s an optimistic view ofthings. If you were a betting person,you’d bet against Congress thesedays. And for good reason.”

Further, the legislators fear thatsequestration could affect thecountry’s progress since the reces-sion, leading the economy to con-tract.

“That’s going to be the worstthing for everybody,” Schiff said.

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.)said it is especially unfortunate forCalifornia, as the state “finally gotback on its feet.” She said educa-tion cuts that were eliminatedthrough the passage of Prop. 30

could resurface, though the cutswould not likely be as severe. Bassalso lamented the possibility ofaffecting the operations of firstresponders.

“If the sequester goes through,it’s really going to set Californiaback,” she said. “I think this isgoing to be very, very bad.”

Schiff said he would like to see abalanced approach to reducing thedeficit, and Waxman agreed thatRepublicans and Democrats haveto reach a compromise. Waxmansaid Republicans are arguing thatthey’ve already raised taxes thisyear, but he feels that there aresome tax loopholes that need to beclosed. And Democrats havealready agreed to approximately $1trillion in cuts over the last fewyears, he said.

“I’m pretty disgusted with theway the Republican leaders arehandling this,” Waxman said,adding that any sequestration cutsmust be made by September.“They won’t even bring anythingup to a vote on the House floor thatwould resolve the issue.”

Schiff said he believes thatRepublicans will be more open tonegotiating once residents begin tocomplain about the spending cuts.

As Waxman said, Congress isgoing from crisis to crisis. Afteraverting the fiscal cliff and nowmanaging the sequestration, law-makers are charged with fundingthe government at the end ofMarch and raising the debt ceilingthis summer.

“I hate to think we would closethe U.S. government down com-pletely after we made sharp cuts inits ability to function,” Waxmansaid. “But that’s the next threat.”

If deals cannot be reached onsequestration and funding the gov-ernment, it would give an “incredi-bly” bad signal to the rest of theworld and the country’s creditors,Bass said. She said she isn’t certaina deal to prevent sequestration canbe reached — even after the dead-line.

“A few weeks ago, I didn’t thinkthere was any way [the sequester]was going to happen. I was posi-tive. I was convinced. Obviously, Iwas wrong,” she said. “They didwhat I thought was unthinkable.”

relocation apartments nearby. The college president said the

facility will also be the newhome for the 3,200 EmersonCollege alumni in the area. Hesaid the new location will allowthe college to host alumni events,as well as events for the generalpublic.

“We’re also going to use it as agathering place,” Pelton said.“We want it to be a culturalhome, as well as a place of learn-ing for students.”

He said the college hopes tohave a full-time dean and direc-tor hired by July.

The new campus is located at5960 W. Sunset Blvd. The facili-ty was designed by ThomMayne, of Morphosis Architects.The college purchased the lot,which is near Gordon Street, in2008. Construction began earlylast year, and is expected to becompleted by the end of this year.

For information, visitwww.emerson.edu.

Classes to begin in 2014From page 3


When completed, Emerson College Los Angeles will be 10 stories tall

and will be more than 102,000 square feet.

“It’s hard to see

how anybody’s life

will not be

touched by this in

an adverse way.”

Congressman Adam Schiff(D-Calif.)

Congress managing one crisis after anotherFrom page 1

Lieu bill to create standards for labeling seafood

Bill aims to protect public accessto communication services

Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) has introduced SB 380, abill that would prevent the arbitraryinterruption of wireless communi-cation services.

In August 2011, the Bay AreaRapid Transit Agency (BART) shutdown mobile services during publicprotests. Following the shutdown,BART’s board adopted a policyallowing an interruption of commu-nications services under certain cir-cumstances but with no courtreview.

BART’s actions also led theFederal CommunicationsCommission (FCC) to open a pro-ceeding on wireless service shut-downs. Public comments filed bynumerous parties stated that, innearly every case, a shutdown ofwireless service creates more pub-lic safety problems than it solvesbecause people in a crisis cannotcall 911 or receive emergencyalerts, and first responders cannotcommunicate effectively.

“For decades, California law hasrequired a court order to interrupt orshut down traditional telephone ser-vice,” Padilla said. “SB 380 would

extend these protections to themodern mobile communicationsnetwork which is critical to publicsafety and a key element of a freeand open society.”

SB 380 is similar to SB 1160,which was vetoed by Gov. JerryBrown in 2012. In his veto mes-sage, the governor requested arevised bill that would both protectthe public’s access to wireless com-munication services while preserv-ing the ability of law enforcementto interrupt wireless communica-tion in the protections of publichealth and safety.

“With SB 380, I intend to strikethe right balance between publicsafety and free speech,” Padillasaid. “State laws written in the daysof the telegraph and before deploy-ment of our 911 system do not ade-quately address public safety issuesin the 21st century. I look forwardto a full and open dialogue with lawenforcement about their currentpolicies and practices so we canmeet the Governor’s request andsend him an improved bill on wire-less communication’s service inter-ruption.”


doubt, be big on the boards.”Fairfax crashed the boards well

against University, accumulating55 rebounds, 18 of which were onthe offensive end. The Lions alsohad seven blocks and three steals,while shooting 37 percent andcommitting 16 turnovers.

Fairfax was up 30-15 at half-time, but University (21-10, 6-6)tied the game by the end of thethird quarter. The Lions, though,outscored the Wildcats in thefinal frame, 19-12.

Senior John’ea Thompson ledthe team in scoring with 14,though Fairfax had four playersin double digits. SophomoreMarguerite Effa led the Lionswith 15 rebounds, six of whichwere on the offensive glass.Thompson had 14 rebounds, andjunior Ilianna Blanc had 13.

Edwards said the No. 3-seededLions have played qualitydefense throughout its playoffvictories against Verdugo Hills(12-17, 4-8), Palisades (13-20, 8-4) and University. She said theteam is pressuring the ball, clos-

ing out on shots and reboundingwell.

“Their D has been very tena-cious,” Edwards added.

The Gauchos come into thecity championship after defeat-ing El Camino Real (20-7, 9-1)by a score of 47-39. Narbonnealso defeated Fremont (6-13, 5-7) and Huntington Park (13-15,7-5).

The Fairfax boys basketballteam’s season came to a close onTuesday, when Narbonne (16-12, 9-3) defeated the Lions, 74-71. Though the team had lost toPalisades on Feb. 19 in the cityplayoffs, the boys team wasplaying for a shot at regionals.The California InterscholasticFederation created an open divi-sion in its tournament this year,allowing “exceptional” teams toplay “the best of the best,”according to the federation. If anL.A. City Section team is select-ed to the open division, Fairfaxmay have had an opportunity toreplace that team in its respectivedivision.

Monica. Meza has been chargedwith burglary, attempted burglary,possession of stolen property andpossession of methamphetamine.Velasco has been charged withreceiving stolen property.Investigators are trying to deter-mine whether any other recentbreak-ins can be linked to the sus-pects.

Hopkins said the suspects wereinvolved in “knock, knock” bur-glaries, where they knock on doorsto see if anyone is home, and thenenter the residence when it isdetermined to be unoccupied. OnJan. 20 at approximately 10:45p.m., Meza allegedly first knockedon the door and then attempted toenter through a window.

“The victims, who were homeand were awakened by him,caught him trying to enter throughthe window. The homeownercalled 911, and police saw him ablock away on Fairfax Avenue andtook him into custody,” Hopkinssaid. “Officers realized a carbelonging to the suspect wasparked directly in front of thehouse where the attempted bur-glary had occurred, and saw histeenage accomplice cowering inthe back seat. Meza was arrestedand booked, and the juvenile wasturned over to his parents. We areworking with the authorities whohandle juvenile prosecutions to seeif there will be charges againsthim.”

Hopkins said on Jan. 31, Mezaand Velasco were driving nearMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevardand Broadway Place when theywere pulled over by NewtonDivision officers.

“The car they were in wascrammed with stolen property,”Hopkins said. “It was in the trunk,the passenger seat, the center con-sole, everywhere. There weredozens of items. It looked like amoving van.”

The stolen property linked themen to a burglary in SantaMonica, and potentially others inWest Los Angeles. The investiga-tors said the property includessmall electronics such as iPhonesand iPads. There were hundreds ofcomic books, as well as sportsmemorabilia and jewelry.

“We still have a lot of propertywe are trying to link with the own-ers,” he added. Hopkins said therehas been uptick in burglaries in theWilshire area and Hancock Park,and police also arrested three addi-tional suspects on Feb. 8 near thecorner of 3rd Street and MuirfieldRoad for alleged “knock, knock”burglaries. A resident saw the sus-

pects burglarizing a residence near3rd Street and Rimpau Boulevardand called his security company.The security officers located foursuspects leaving a nearby housecarrying property and attempted todetain the suspects, who fled onfoot and in an SUV. LAPD officerslocated three of the four individu-als a short distance away and tookthem into custody. They wereidentified as Maurice Bull, AndreMoton and Jamell Ford, all 20years old. Bull and Moton werecharged with burglary, and chargesare pending against Ford, whoHopkins said was the getaway dri-ver. Authorities are still searchingfor the fourth suspect, who wasdescribed as an African Americanman in his 20s.

Hopkins cautioned residents tokeep their doors and windowslocked, and to keep their resi-dences well lit at night. He alsoadvised residents to not open theirdoors to strangers, and to contactpolice immediately if they observeanything suspicious.

“Watch out for your neighbors’houses. That seems to help a lot,”he added. “The residents are ourpartners. They see more, and theyknow more. By being alert andconcerned for your neighbors, itwill make it a lot harder for peopleto commit these burglaries.”

Anyone who has been the vic-tim of a recent burglary in theWilshire area is encouraged tocontact investigators to determineif the property recovered fromMeza and Velasco belongs tothem. Wilshire Division burglarydetectives can be reached at(213)922-8252 or (310)562-4315.

Ocampo, council member’s senioradvisor Mitch O’Farrell, universityprofessor Octavio Pescador, deputyattorney general Josh Post, smallbusiness owner Michael Schaefer,neighborhood council presidentJosé Sigala and deputy mayor MattSzabo.

Other city council seats at stakeat Council District 1, which hasthree candidates; Council District3, six candidates; Council District7, four candidates; Council District9, seven candidates; CouncilDistrict 11, four candidates; andCouncil District 15, two candidates.

Incumbent Steve Zimmer isbeing challenged by parent/childadvocate Kate Anderson and write-in candidate Jeneen Robinson, aneducation advocate and minister, inthe Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict Board of Education 4thDistrict race. Two other seats —District 2 and District 6 — are alsoat stake.

In the Los Angeles CommunityCollege District Board of Trusteesraces, voters who live in the areaencompassing the district can voteon all of the races. Three seats arebeing challenged.

Los Angeles voters will alsodecide on Measure A, a proposedhalf-cent sales tax increase thatwould create funding to offset statecuts. According to the Los AngelesCity Clerk’s Office, the measurewould provide funding for 911

emergency response services,maintain firefighter, paramedic andpolice officer staffing levels; con-tinue community policing, seniorservices and after-school gang anddrug prevention programs; repairpotholes and sidewalks; and fundother municipal services.

A charter amendment will also beon the ballot. Charter AmendmentB would amend the city charter toauthorize the city council to allowsworn police personnel who aretransferred from the Department ofGeneral Services to the policedepartment to purchase, at theirown expense, retirement credit forprior sworn city service after theybecome members of the Fire andPolice Pension Plan.

In West Hollywood, nine candi-dates are running for two open seatson the West Hollywood CityCouncil. Incumbents John Duranand Jeffrey Prang face challengesfrom consultant/safety commis-sioner Sam Borelli, communityorganizer Tom Demille, sustainabletransport entrepreneur NickGarzilli, deputy sheriff ChristopherLandavazo, attorney Steve Martin,technology entrepreneur TristanSchukraft and executive directorRusty Wiggs.

There will be no run-off in theWest Hollywood election. The twocandidates with the most votes willbe the city’s next council members.

Voter will also decided whether

to impose term limits on WestHollywood City Council members.Measure C, which would not beretroactive, would restrict councilmembers to no more than threeterms.

On Election Day, Los AngelesCity Clerk June Lagmay will hostpublic observation events, and theclerk will officially open the pollsat 6:30 a.m. at the CentralAmerican Resource Center, 2845W. 7th St.

For information, call (213)978-0444 or visit clerk.lacity.org/elec-tions. For information regarding theWest Hollywood election, call(323)848-6400 or visitwww.weho.org/index.aspx?page=929.

throughout the city, including pro-jects such as Views at 270, a 56-unit development at SunsetBoulevard and Western Avenue;the Mariposa Place Apartments, a58-unit project on Mariposa Place;and the Carlton Court apartments,which offers 61 units at the cornerof Carlton Way and WesternAvenue.

“We are actually really excitedabout [The Coronel],” Harris said.“It is going to run street-to-street onone lot. We are moving two bunga-lows that are currently on the inte-rior of one of the properties to thefront so it will blend in better withthe neighborhood. Serrano is a fair-ly narrow street, so our vision is tohave all the entrances to the subter-ranean garage off Hobart Street,which should limit the traffic onSerrano.”

The Coronel will be three to fourstories tall, with one- to three-bed-room units. Rents will range from$660 to $1,332-per-month, depend-ing on the occupant’s income leveland the number of bedrooms. Inaddition to affordable housing, TheCoronel will offer programs andsocial services for residents such asEnglish as a second language, GEDcompletion, after-school tutoringand college mentoring, moneymanagement and more. The projectwill be close to a community foodpantry operated by the HCHC at5030 Santa Monica Blvd., whereresidents can receive free groceriesonce a month. The food pantry,which is supported by the LosAngeles Regional Food Bank and

Hollywood-area neighborhoodcouncils, is open to the public butcaters only to residents of theneighborhoods stretching fromHollywood to Echo Park, and LosFeliz to Koreatown. People seekingfood must show proof of residencewithin those areas, Harris said.

The Coronel has received tenta-tive approval from the city, and anenvironmental impact report iscurrently available for publicreview through April 8 atwww.cityplanning.lacity.org.Harris said the HCHC hopes tobegin construction as soon as pos-sible, but is still in the process oflining up funding for the $22.8million project. He said realistical-ly, construction will likely begin in2014. It will be financed throughfederal tax credits and grantssecured from the formerCommunity RedevelopmentAgency of Los Angeles, the LosAngeles Housing Department andprivate sources.

Harris said the HCHC also plansto look for more opportunities tobuild affordable housing aroundthe Western Avenue corridor inHollywood.

“A number of buildings therehave been beautifully preserved,and the new buildings add to thecharacter of the neighborhood. Ithink it has absolutely transformedthat area,” Harris said. “Everythingis close to the Metro station andyou can walk to shopping like Foodfor Less. It adds density to a majortransportation corridor, where weshould be adding density.”

“Watch out for

your neighbors’

houses. That

seems to help a

lot. The residents

are our partners.

They see more,

and they know

more.”

Brent HopkinsLAPD Wilshire Division

Burglary Unit

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