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By JAMES GAGEand CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA

Teachers voted to approve an agreement made between Los

Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles that was presented early Tues-day morning after an all-night bargaining session ended at 6:15 a.m., bringing to a close a strike that had begun on January 14—the first in the district since 1989.

As the Post went to print on Tuesday evening, preliminary numbers showed overwhelming support for the deal, according to UTLA President Alex Capu-to-Pearl.

The Board of Education and union members are expected to ratify the deal next week, accord-ing to LAUSD Board of Educa-tion Member for District 4 Nick Melvoin.

“The plan is that teachers are

voting on the agreement now,” Melvoin told the Post Tuesday evening. “The board is not voting until early next week on Tuesday. Teachers will be back in school [Wednesday]. We know the teach-ers miss their kids and the kids miss their teachers. We’re grateful for everyone’s patience.

“The Board of Education votes on Tuesday, but the Superin-tendent has been negotiating with UTLA negotiating teams with the understanding that the Board will ratify.”

“Good news for our families and teachers!” Los Angeles May-or Eric Garcetti Tweeted at noon on Tuesday. “After days of tire-less negotiations here at City Hall, LAUSD and UTLA have reached an agreement that—pending ap-proval by the teachers represented by UTLA and the Board of Edu-cation—will allow students to go back to school tomorrow.”

UTLA sent out a press re-lease detailing certain aspects of the deal, calling it a “victory for public education.” Per a two-page summary released by UTLA, the deal includes a 3 percent retroac-tive salary increase for the 2017-18 school year and a 3 percent salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2018.

It also includes a guaranteed nurse at every school, with 150 full-time nurse positions to be filled for the 2019-20 school year. In 2019-20, the district will hire 41 full-time teacher librarians and another 41 in 2020-21.

The district will also hire at least 17 additional full-time counselors by October 1, 2019. Importantly, the deal also elimi-nates a contract provision, Sec-tion 1.5, allowing the district to increase class sizes during times of “economic hardship” while si-multaneously reducing class sizes incrementally between 2019-22. A joint press conference Tuesday morning held by Mayor Garcetti, Superintendent Beutner and Ca-puto-Pearl announced the tenta-tive deal to the public.

“The strike that nobody want-ed is now behind us,” Beutner said at the press conference. “I’m de-lighted that we reached an agree-ment with the UTLA.”

“We have started down a real path to address class size,” Capu-to-Pearl said at the conference, standing next to Beutner. “I’m so proud of our members, classroom teachers, counselors, nurses, li-brarians, psychologists.”

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Students who live or attend school in Pacific Palisades in grades one through five are encouraged to sign up for the 2019 Pali Bee, which will take place on Sunday, February 10, at Pal-isades Charter High School. For more information or to register for this year’s spelling bee, visit palipost.com/palibee2019.

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UTLA and LAUSD Strike a Deal

Canyon Charter Elementary School Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Palisades Elementary Charter School Photo by Lesly Hall

By SARAH SHMERLINGEditor-in-Chief

After dozens of community members attended a Pacific

Palisades Park Advisory Board special meeting in October 2018 to voice their concern about the relocation of six dumpsters at Pal-isades Recreation Center from the maintenance yard area to a spot near the tennis courts, the board has been working with the Recre-ation and Parks Maintenance de-partment to find a less contentious space.

Raul Leon, Principal Grounds Maintenance Supervisor of the Pa-cific Maintenance division, attend-ed the board’s January 16 meeting to share a presentation of another feasible location for the six dump-sters: an area off Temescal Canyon Road, south of Palisades Charter High School.

“Being in the Palisades, the areas are very, very hard to find,” Leon explained.

The relocation site must be big enough to accommodate the six current dumpsters as well as am-

ple space for the sanitation truck to comfortably move around. The dumpsters are used for several parks around the Palisades in ad-dition to the Rec Center, including the Bluffs and Temescal Park.

In order to assist with finding a space that will work, the Park Advisory Board created a subcom-mittee, led by Palisadian Rob Elli-son, that so far includes about 15 people who are directly affected by the dumpsters, including residents on Alma Real and Frontera drives, and a Pali High coach. Issues of the current location include rodents and noise waking up neighboring children as early as 5:15 a.m.

“One of the things we iden-tified early on is if we’re going to move those dumpsters, where are viable potential options that we could consider?” Ellison ex-plained. “The idea is finding some-thing that is best for the communi-ty and that the community can rally behind.”

The Temescal Canyon site would require work, including grading, leveling, asphalt, adding a gate and a windscreen—which would cost about $53,000 and take about three or four months to construct. Leon is also hoping that the new site will house up to eight dumpsters instead of the six that have been stationed at the Rec Center to accommodate an incom-ing increase in trash due to Potrero Canyon Park.

“What is the standard for the city funding something like this?” Ellison asked. “There’s a ton of rat issues and it’s an aesthetic is-sue and it’s a noise issue for all the folks next to the maintenance

yard. At what point does it rise to the level of an issue that the city will fund the relocation of those dumpsters?”

“That would be a question for what priorities are currently,” Leon explained.

Board members suggested that funding goes through the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, which would be a “fast track to get the [right of entry],” Palisades Recre-ation Center Director Erich Haas said.

But before fundraising for the proposed location could begin, the board is inviting community members to voice their opinions about the proposed location, with longtime board member Bob Ben-ton explaining that there should be public notice for the next meeting, which is scheduled for April 17.

“It sounds like the overall thing that you’re pitching, Raul, is that you’re saying that right now there’s issues with the bins that were at the park, that we’re dealing with rat issues, with smell issues and with the issue of having a big, big, big, big truck come in when there’s a ton of kids at the biggest park in the Palisades and that’s going to all go away,” Palisadian Jimmy Dunne, who has worked closely with the PAB on the Vet-erans’ Gardens project, said from the audience. “There is no perfect spot, it’s just what is the best spot for the Palisades community.”

Those who would like more information about the proposed move are encouraged to contact Haas directly at [email protected].

Back to the Drawing BoardPark Advisory Board Seeks Relocation Site for Dumpsters

The PAB is looking into if an area along Temescal Canyon Road is a viable option. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Three Decades in the MakingGroundbreaking Ceremony Held for Potrero Canyon Park

By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSAReporter

Close to 35 years after plans to turn Potrero Canyon into a

public park were announced, city officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, January 22, to initiate a year-long con-struction project.

The ceremony marks the end of a decades-long planning and approval process and a begin-ning to a project that will install picnic areas and a pathway from the Palisades Recreation Center down to Pacific Coast Highway, which is slated to open in 2020.

The ground was officially “broken” by Councilmember Mike Bonin, General Manager of the Department of Recreation and Parks Mike Shull and Gary Lee Moore, City Engineer for the Bureau of Engineering.

“This has been a very, very long time in coming,” said Bo-nin, who gave a look back on the history of the project that dates back to the 1980s. “It is time for this to get done. It is time for the community, for the region, to get the beautiful park that they de-serve.”

The new 46-acre park will feature riparian landscaping, sce-nic ocean views, further access to nearby hiking trails, ADA bath-rooms and fences and gates to insure adherence to park hours.

“This is an exercise of taking a lemon and making lemonade,” said Palisadian Joe Halper, com-missioner on the Recreation and Parks Board. “A lot has happened and it has all happened because of local residents and the [repre-sentatives of Council District 11] really pitching in and getting it done.”

Halper largely credited the completion of the project to the diligence of fellow Palisadians

David Card and George Wolfberg who were both in attendance.

Back in June 2018, the Board of Recreation and Park Commis-sioners awarded a contract worth over $13.5 million to contracting company OHA USA, Inc., also known as Obrascón Huarte Lain.

The company was tasked with complex labor assignments, including “clearing and grub-bing” the “demolition and dis-posal of existing concrete access road,” and the “construction of wet riparian zone through the center of the canyon,” to name a few.

At the end of 2016, the can-yon received 122,000 square feet

Breaking ground at Potrero Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

of dirt excavated from Caruso’s Palisades Village construction site, a move that was challenged by Palisadians who made claims of the dirt being toxic, and neigh-bors on Potrero who complained of dust clouds being formed as a result of the transfer.

At Tuesday’s ceremony, as Wolfberg approached the micro-phone to thank all in attendance for their work, he offered a stark reminder that their work wasn’t over yet.

“I want to remind every-one that we want to see a bridge across [Pacific Coast Highway] so that people do not get killed,” Wolfberg said. “That bridge is going to save lives and make this a complete pathway from the Recreation Center to the sand.”

Palisadian Teachers to Return to Classrooms

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Martha SaenzHe’s not home, he’s negotiating....no wait, he skips negotiation meetings, He’s home!!

Katia Julian WrightHe lives in a $15 million home. Yeah, let that sink in...

Daniel halperHe’s also self-made and was born in an immigrant family. What exactly is wrong with being successful?

Katia Julian Wright Daniel Halper there is absolutely nothing wrong with being self-made. It’s using one’s wealth and influence to dismantle public education for profit that is heinous.

linDy BazanDang! Why wasn’t I invited? I’ve been telling our UTLA Area leaders that we need to do this!!!

Xochilt garayI love those parents. Ruthless

ShoShana titcher eSguerraWhat a rough life... living in the palisades

yolanDa roDriguez-haroLet’s go tomorrow night to protest in front of all the board members houses who are against a good contract

Sylvia aShforDYeah, it’s about Time, I was a Special Needs Aid and when they found out I had some medical training, they used me and didn’t pay me for it, but that’s not the point, they Needed a Nurse on site Full Time, Not a Medical Lab Tech. with certification in shots!

carMen perez-roSSI’m there!

craig MacintoShMaybe he will get ousted due to popular demand ! He’s not good for the schools !

liz nelSonAre LAUSD police there yet?

2¢2¢your two cents’ WorthGot something to say? Call (310) 454-1321 or email [email protected] and get those kudos or concerns off your chest. Names will not be used.

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Out Of the PastPacing out vehicular blind spots, participants in the YMCA’s Mature Driver Improvement course discover new tricks to safer driving.

August 4, 1988

gladysIt is simply wonderful news to hear that Gladys Knight will sing our National Anthem before the Super Bowl on February 3rd. In announcing that she will be singing at the Super Bowl, Miss Knight said that she will “give the Anthem back its voice, to stand for that historic choice of words, the way it unites us when we hear it and to free it from the same prejudices and struggles I have fought long and hard for all my life … ” Gladys Knight is a true patriot for which I truly congratulate her for her love for our country.

‘Steadfast’Gosh, it took the “Steadfast” au-thor almost a full second essay to work Trump into the discus-sion about Mr. Caruso’s statue in the little old Pacific Palisades. How about a third, and this time don’t forget Putin!

promisesOne promise from Rick Caruso that has not been fulfilled is in-creased LAPD patrols in the Pal-isades. I have never seen anyone in the new LAPD substation on Swarthmore, yet alone a police officer. Meanwhile, crimes like burglaries are increasing in our neighborhoods.

free SpeechI was disheartened to read in the Los Angeles Business Jour-nal that at a recent USC Board of Trustees meeting Mr. Caru-so was steadfast in his efforts to bully and silence a fellow board member (eventually re-moving him from the meeting after limiting his free speech to 60 seconds). Given the large statue that he erected in town I had assumed that Mr. Caruso was committed to the principles of free speech—including open and respectful debate.

Do you know where a person in this photo is today? Contact [email protected].

Dozens of teachers, students and parents are protesting in front of LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner’s house in

the Palisades on their fourth day of striking.

Have a news tip? A unique story idea about the Palisades community? A “wow” photo that’s worth 1,000 words? We want to hear from you. Contact the Post at [email protected] or call 310-454-1321.

However well intended, “Steadfast” is not appropriate for the beautiful town of Pacific Palisades. Who is it that needs a symbol beside Old Glory to call us to patriotism? Who wants this shapeless dark thing to draw our eyes from the Red, White and Blue? And who thinks any-one needs this lesson? So little faith!

What then is this statue really a symbol of? I know one thing: Those who support “Stead-fast” have called the citizens that don’t narcis-sistic and unpatriotic. So, I think it’s a symbol of what it reveals and inspires: authoritarianism and division. Who is it that wants this for our town?

Palisadians already have the best symbol

of patriotism we could hope for: the American flag. We are patriotic citizens, but we are also families, friends and neighbors, diverse and wonderful.

There are many things beyond patriotism for which our city could and should be known. Peace, wisdom, compassion and grace are a few.

Maybe a symbol is too limiting for a town like this. Maybe the Palisades is its own sym-bol, changing and growing. Maybe a beautiful symbol that captures all that we are and hope to be will appear someday, but “Steadfast” is a cal-cified idea that was outdated and inappropriate as soon as he appeared.

Elizabeth Foley Morgan

Most Americans weren’t pleased with the Presidential Election results of 2016. Our elec-tion system did quite a foxtrot.

Then there’s the November 2018 elections. Each side of the aisle raised Cain over how votes were tallied in this state and that state.

Guess we shouldn’t expect much when donkeys and ele-phants run the show. Undeniably, no group has a bigger conflict of interest. It’s a sure recipe for shady schemes.

Seems time we replaced that mish-mash of an election process. We should start with the oldest parts, the Electoral College. It’s quite the parasite—devised to pil-fer votes from the majority and give them to slaveowners. That’s right, slaveowners. Look it up. Wikipedia don’t lie.

That vote swindler reared its shameless head in 2016, second time in the last five Presidential Elections.

Now there’s no doubt our Founding Fathers did a fine job with the Constitution. But with all due respect, they blew it when they added that trickery. Clearly it

needs to go.Next we have Public Enemy

No. 1: Electronic Voting Ma-chines. The company who made ATM machines built them. Only difference is with ATMs, you get a receipt if you want. Not with voting machines. That omission, along with the fact those ma-chines are easier to hack than tak-ing a straightedge to a dandelion, affords quite the opportunity for trickery.

Don’t take my word. Look at what Google, CBS and PBS say about it. Check out Bev Harris, she’s an expert on the subject.

Lastly, every state has their own voting process. Fifty sets of rules for one nation. And when it comes to politicians who make up the rules, that amounts to a pile of self-serving ploys.

So what do we do? We cre-ate a non-partisan Federal Elec-tion Agency—an independent entity that handles all aspects of our national elections. (Not to be confused with the Federal Elec-tion Commission. They oversee campaign contributions. That’s a problem for another day.)

This Federal Election Agen-

cy should assure that the same voting procedures are in place everywhere in our nation. That includes providing every precinct with identical high-security vot-ing machines. Each machine will provide a receipt reflecting our vote—if we want one—and a re-ceipt that drops inside the secured machine.

That way the incorruptible people at the Federal Election Agency can choose to count the paper votes in any precinct, coun-ty or state.

Such measures just might as-sure that your vote, my vote and even that crazy-haired neighbor’s vote counts (whether we want it to or not). What’s more patriotic than “We the People” honestly deciding who represents us?

After all, there is no democ-racy if a small, powerful group decides who rules us. Plain and simple, democracy requires a vot-ing process that allows each and every American to have an equal say on who rules. And ultimately, democracy is in the honest count of the votes.

Roland Koncan, Esq.Castellammare

Thank you for at the in-depth and positive review of our current show, “Twelfth Night,” at Theatre Pali-sades.

There is one correction how-ever that I wanted to mention: The reporter wrote that the set designer was Joanne Reich. Although Joanne is our scenic artist and designed our poster, she did not design the set; my Co-Producer Sherman Wayne did.

He designs, as well as builds, all of our sets. He designs the lighting as well, which the reporter did mention.

In fact, Sherman designed and

built this particular set with very little help. He is a Palisadian, retired high school drama teacher and has been head of production at our theatre for over 15 years. At 83 years old, he is quite remarkable.

Actually, the Post did an article about Sherman about 10 years ago. I think that he deserves recognition for his amazing work.

Thank you so much and I hope that everyone will be able to come and see the show.

Martha HunterCo-Producer of “Twelfth Night”

Three generations of Palisadian hikers—John Kronstadt, Jessica Kronstadt Turner, Caroline Turner and Erik Kronstadt—climbed Catamount Mountain in the Adirondacks. This picture, which was taken at Catamount’s summit, shows Whiteface Mountain, site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, in the background. In 1988, Jessica climbed this mountain with John.

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Take your Palisadian-Post on your next trip (near or far) and email a photo to MyPost@

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Election Reformation

Return to ‘Steadfast’ ‘Twelfth Night’

C R I M E R E P O R TRobbery

El Medio/Junaluska, Janu-ary 16 at 2:30 p.m. The suspects (#1 male black, black hair brown eyes, 6’3” 170 lb, 28 years, #2 male black, black hair brown eyes, 5’4” 110 lb, 28 years, #3 male black, 20 years, nfd, #4 male white, 18 years, nfd) approached two victims and demanded their property at knife point. The sus-pects fled in a white, four-door Toyota Corolla driven by suspect #5 (nfd).

Burglary/Theft from VehicleSunset/Pacific Coast Hwy,

December 12 between 6 and 10:20 a.m. The suspect removed the catalytic converter from vic-tim’s vehicle.

300 Mesa Rd, between De-cember 23 at 6 p.m. and Decem-ber 24 at 8 a.m. The suspect en-tered victim’s vehicle and took a laptop computer, cell phone char-gers and the vehicle registration.

1400 Brinkley, between Jan-uary 15 at 5:30 p.m. and January 16 at 9:45 a.m. The suspect en-tered victim’s vehicle and took a handicap placard.

1400 Beckwith, January 16 at 12:51 a.m. The suspect (male, NFD) entered and ransacked vic-tim’s vehicle but did not take any property.

300 Beirut, between January 19 at 11 p.m. and January 20 at 11 a.m. The suspect entered victim’s vehicle and took a purse, jewelry and clothing.

15800 Sunset, January 20 between 9 and 11 a.m. The sus-pect smashed a window to enter victim’s vehicle and took a wallet and camera.

Palisadian-PostJanuary 24, 2019

PALISADES Neighborhood News

Grant Awards ProgramPacific Palisades

The Palisades Will Rogers 5 & 10K Run Foundation and the Pacific Palisades Optimist Foundation—who have worked togeth-er for the annual Fourth of July run since its 1977 inception—are now distributing proceeds from the run to various Pacific Palisades programs that benefit youth through the Annual Grant Awards Pro-gram.

Grants are awarded based on various criteria, including the im-pact on youth in the Palisades, the number of youth impacted by the program seeking the grant, the effectiveness of the program and the likely longevity of the program.

Applications may be mailed to the Pacific Palisades Optimist Club at P.O. Box 211, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, and must be received by February 15 for consideration. For more information, email [email protected]. —SARAH SHMERLING

‘Seniors and Safe Driving’The Village

The Palisades Alliance for Seniors will host a “Seniors and Safe Driving” program Monday, January 28, at 10:30 a.m. at Palisades Branch Library.

Tressa Thompson, Senior Driver Ombudsman at the California Department of Motor Vehicles, will speak at the event.

The DMV’s Senior Driver Ombudsman Program was estab-lished to help elderly drivers safely maintain their vehicular in-dependence. The program ensures senior drivers are treated fairly when faced with changes in physical, visual or mental abilities.

For more information, visit palisadesalliance.org.—JAMES GAGE

Assembly District ElectionPacific Palisades

Palisadian Erika Feresten, president of the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club, is running to again be a delegate to the California Democratic Party for Assembly District 50 as part of the “Progres-sive Slate.”

Also in the running is Maryam Zar, the former Pacific Palisades Community Council chair, as part of the “Grassroots Slate.”

The election will take place on Sunday, January 27, at Santa Monica College from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

—CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA

Hiker RescuedPacific Palisades

The Los Angeles Fire Department hoisted an injured adult male hiker to safety from an area near the 900 block of North Temescal Canyon Road on Monday, January 21, after an initial call was re-ceived at 12:41 p.m., according to LAFD. The hiker was transport-ed to the hospital in fair condition. —SARAH SHMERLING

The Little MarketPalisades Village

The Little Market launches a new line of products available exclusively in its Palisades Village store, including handwoven bas-kets by women in Namibia. “Each purchase supports a meaning-ful income for female artisans,” according to the Palisades Village website. —SARAH SHMERLING

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Spotted in the Palisadian-Post: August 4, 1988

A Los Angeles City Zoning Administrator last week re-fused to issue a project permit to Dr. I. Sung Won for the con-struction of a 28,300-square-foot shopping center in the Pali-sades Highlands.

Associate Zoning Administrator Darryl Fisher said that the project, proposed for the corner of Palisades Drive and Vereda de la Montura, would be “detrimental to the character of the neighborhood.”

Specifically, he said, it would substantially increase traffic, congestion, noise and on-street parking in the “low intensity” area located two miles above Sunset Boulevard.

Provided by LAPD Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore.

In case of emergency, call 911. To report a non-emergency,

call 877-275-5273.

By JAMES GAGEReporter

The weather is getting weird: Pacific Palisades experienced

a rare hailstorm that pelted cars and salted yards across town for about 15 minutes on the evening of Saturday, January 12.

Then, between January 12 and 18, 6.26 inches of rain fell across the Palisades, causing mudslides, flooding, traffic jams and power outages, and bringing down sev-eral trees on Sunset Boulevard near Will Rogers State Beach, on Palisades Drive and in Temescal Canyon Park.

Malibu and Topanga Canyons were closed Thursday, January 17—the same night a power out-age occurred in The Highlands.

“The real interesting story isn’t the rain, it’s the hail,” Pali-sadian and local micro-weather expert Craig Weston told the Pal-isadian-Post in a recent interview.

“It hailed for about 15 min-utes. You could see it bouncing off the grass. It’s even more in-teresting considering that in July, we saw a record high temperature of 107 degrees—a very, very high figure.”

Despite the torrential show-ers, Pacific Palisades is about on average for its yearly rainfall, Weston explained to the Post.

“So far, for this rain season, which is measured from July 1 to June 31, we’ve gotten 12.77 inch-es, 6.26 inches of which were just last week. The average rainfall in Los Angeles for the rain season is 14.7 inches, so we’re close to our average for the year.”

This year’s rainfall is a wel-come relief compared to last year’s exceptionally thirsty sea-son.

“Last year was really ugly—we only got 4.03 inches in Pa-cific Palisades,” Weston said. “Compare that to the 2016-2017 season, where we got a total of 22.52 inches, and compare that to the 2015-2016 season when we got 10.5 inches. It seems erratic, but what often happens is you get drought years that last a number

of years, then you get into an El Niño cycle that dumps a ton of rain. We’ve been consistently un-der average until the 2016-2017 year, and this year we’ll likely be above average.”

A rain advisory was declared for Los Angeles and Orange County beaches during the storm as waves of 8 to 15 feet pummeled the coastline Thursday and Friday. The National Weather Service is-sued a statement last Friday ad-vising people to stay away from

the beaches and out of the wa-ter due to an “increased risk for ocean drowning.” The County of Los Angeles Department of Pub-lic Health also issued an ocean water quality rain advisory that ended last Monday, urging people to steer clear of the beach, espe-cially around storm strains, due to the increased risk of disease from storm drain runoff after heavy rains.

“Contamination from run-off can cause increased bacterial levels in ocean water, especially near storm drains, creeks and oth-er waterways,” the Department of Public Health wrote in a state-ment. “Water contact during a rain advisory may cause illness espe-cially in children, the elderly and susceptible people. At all times, beach users are cautioned to avoid water contact near flowing creeks and storm drains. Bacteria levels typically take 72 hours or more to return to normal after heavy rain-fall.”

Despite the recent sunny weather, the Palisades might not be done with the cold and wet just yet.

“The heavy rain months in LA are usually February and March, really February,” Weston said. “What’s interesting is you have hail, which never happens, you have the highest temperature on record, which never happens, and you have all of this rain. Now, it’s 70 degrees and sunny.”

The best part of the rainy week had to be the evening of Sunday, January 13, when a rain-bow appeared in the orange sky above the Palisades.

Rainy Week in Pacific Palisades Begins with Rare Hailstorm

The agreement will expire in June 2020, and the LAUSD and UTLA will be back to bargaining.

Representatives from UTLA met with LAUSD officials at Los Angeles City Hall over the long weekend, with negotiations be-tween the two organizations con-tinuing through Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 21 and into Tuesday.

During negotiations, Capu-to-Pearl argued that the district should tap into its $1.8 billion in reserves to reinvest in public schools, while LAUSD Superin-tendent and Palisadian Beutner argued that the district is operat-ing at a deficit of $400 million in 2020-21, and that its reserves are fully earmarked for pension pay-ments and health coverage for re-tired teachers.

The six-day strike has cost the district $125 million in atten-dance revenue, though the district recouped $50 million of that loss by not paying striking teacher sal-aries during the strike.

Last Thursday, January 17, teachers, parents, students and other strikers picketed outside Paul Revere Charter Middle School in the pouring rain. Color-ful signs waved back and forth as cars drove by on Allenford Ave-nue and honked in solidarity.

“For me, the strike is a way for us to stand up for our students and put public education first,” sixth-grade math and science teacher Steven Bilek told the Palisadi-an-Post at last Thursday’s strike.

“We’re lucky with what we have here at Paul Revere but I want to make sure that’s dis-trictwide as well. We’re fighting to get everything for every stu-dent, that’s really what it means to me; smaller class sizes, more nurses, counselors, new teachers, the big things.”

Though Paul Revere is charter affiliated, it still follows the same striking guidelines as LAUSD public schools.

“We’ve got 40 kids in a class here, same as a lot of schools, so we’re out here fighting,” said sixth-grade English and histo-ry teacher Megan Wright. “The strike means different things for different people and we support what it means for everyone.”

Students also came out in droves to help with the strike.

“I’ve been striking since Mon-day,” said eighth-grader Andres Rodriguez. “The teachers are out here striking, so it’s only right we show up and help support them.”

“It’s been a lot of fun sup-porting the teachers,” added sev-enth-grader Sarah Masso.

Last Thursday evening, a caravan of strikers visited the Palisades home of USGA Exec-utive Committee member Wil-liam Siart. Siart was accused by strikers of diverting wealth from public schools into private char-ter schools through his nonprofit efforts. He is chairman at Great Public Schools Now and Excellent Education Development (ExED).

Maria Osoria, a parent of three, was among dozens in the crowd who gathered at the Annen-berg Beach House before driving into Pacific Palisades.

“One of [my kids is] getting bad grades because there are about 39 students to each class-room,” Osoria said in Spanish. “My son has an individualized ed-ucation program and asthma, and it’s very difficult for him to be in

that kind of environment.”“To hear all of these other

parents’ stories and to know I’m not the only one is even worse,” said Osoria. “So this is our fight, which we stand united and togeth-er in, to get the [LAUSD] to give our kids a fair and just education, because this will mold their fu-tures.”

At 7 p.m. last Thursday eve-ning, after their demonstration at Siart’s home, strikers gathered outside LAUSD Superintendent Beutner’s Palisades home, pro-testing in his driveway for hours and chanting slogans like “bil-lionaires can’t teach our kids.”

Following the January 22 vote, teachers returned to the classrooms. The ball is now in the district’s court, which will vote next Tuesday but is already expected to vote in support of the deal.

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Stormy weather in Pacific Palisades Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Rainbow from Marquez Knolls Photo courtesy of Sharon Skowron

Striking at Beutner’s Palisades home Photo by Christian Monterrosa

10 a.m. Kids Club. Bring your kids to The Park for Arty Loon Show. Palisades Village, 15225 Palisades Village Lane. 10 a.m. Tai Chi with Elliot Barden. $5. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road.

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Parking” with Scott Sale. Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Drive. 7:30 p.m. Pacific Palisades Civic League meeting. Pacific Palisades Community United Methodist Church - Tauxe Hall, 801 Via De La Paz.

8:30 a.m. Yoga with Alison Burmeister. Vinyasa yoga class for all levels. $15 suggested donation. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave.3:30 p.m. Family Storytime. Stories, fingerplays and rhymes for children ages 3 and up. Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Drive.

8 p.m. On Broadway includes hits from recent musicals. arts.pepperdine.edu. Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Hwy.7 p.m. Success Becomes Her. With Marissa Hermer. [email protected]. Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave.

10 a.m. Positive Aging Group. Pre-registration required by emailing [email protected]. Palisades Lutheran Church, 19505 Sunset Blvd.5:30 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation with Natalie Bell, mindful wellness consultant. Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real Drive.

6 p.m. Bridge Game. Open to everyone. Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, 601 Latimer Road.


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The diet plan that has evidence behind it for lowering blood pres-sure is called the DASH diet (Di-etary Approach to Stop Hyperten-sion). Eating a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and low in saturated fats and cholester-ol is key. If you are very strict and consistent with this way of eating, you can lower your blood pressure by up to 11 points.

Lowering sodium intake can also reduce your blood pressure readings, so watch the canned and frozen foods, restaurant food, deli meats and canned soups. Read la-bels, and try to keep your sodium intake below 1,500 milligrams per day. Although salt does add flavor

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Her, with Palisadian entrepreneurs Jordan Catapano and Dana Gold-stein at the helm, is hosting its first gathering of 2019 on Tuesday, January 29.

Riviera resident Marissa Her-mer will be on hand to talk about her journey as a business woman, entrepreneur, reality TV star, au-thor, wife, mother and owner of The Draycott in Palisades Village.

Success Becomes Her is a networking group designed for “like-minded female entrepre-neurs and aspiring entrepreneurs” to share “advice, experience and inspiration”—no matter what step of the journey they are at.

The group, which previously met at Palisades Branch Library, has now moved locations to incor-porate other local businesses. The last meeting took place at happy LA boutique, and on January 29, the group will gather at Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club.

Goldstein, who owns Seren-dipity Event and Floral Design, and Catapano, who founded This Girl Walks Into A Bar with her sister, both shared that they are encouraged to keep hosting Suc-cess Becomes Her because of the response they have received.

“It’s the emails we get back in response, the mood at the event,” Goldstein explained. “It reignites the fire inside of people, reinspires a lot of people and allows them to connect and feel like they’re mov-ing forward—that they’re able to do these things.

“They feel empowered hear-ing other people’s stories.”

This will be the seventh ses-sion of Success Becomes Her.

“Connections are being made right in front of our eyes,” Catapa-no shared.

Previous speakers have been Ellen Ballon Dante of Deity Ani-mal Rescue, Tuki Maxon of Plated by Tuki and the Post’s own Nilanti Narain.

Admission, which is open to all genders, for the event will be $25, and includes wine, hors d’oeuvres and a swag bag, which

will feature items from female-run businesses, including coupons, vouchers and little gifts, Gold-stein explained. Attendees are en-couraged to bring business cards if they have them.

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John Edwin Danley passed away peacefully at home on Christmas Day, 2018.For 72 years, he was the lov-

ing husband of Shirley Brann Danley. He was also a happy younger brother, a kindly older brother, a dedicated father, a sto-ry-telling grandfather, a charming great-grandfather, a steadfast un-cle, an accomplished businessman and a great companion to hundreds of friends.

John was born in Santa Mon-ica to parents Matilda Elizabeth Kayzer and Willis Wilson Danley. He had an older brother, Arthur, and a younger sister, Winifred.

He was educated at all Santa Monica schools, graduating from Santa Monica High School. He at-tended Santa Monica College for two years.

After one year at UCLA and five years of night school at USC, during which he worked for the

Southern California Gas Co., he graduated with two degrees: bank-ing and finance and business ad-ministration.

While attending college, he met the love of his life, Shirley Brann. They were married on July 12, 1941.

Shortly thereafter, the bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor occurred and John enlisted in the Army. He served as a lieutenant in the Army for three years at Aberdeen Prov-ing Grounds, Maryland.

Upon his discharge from the army, he returned to Santa Moni-ca. He and his wife began building a family.

In 1945, his son, John Edwin Danley, Jr. (Jay), was born. In 1947, his daughter, Deborah Dan-ley, was born. In 1951, his son Gregory Holmes Danley was born.

During the post-war years, John began his working career with Merle Norman Cosmetics as

director of sales and, later, vice president of the company. It was a satisfying and creative relationship that would span over 65 years.

In addition, he was the director of Merle Norman Cosmetics’ an-nual convention and was the mas-ter of ceremonies at each of these events. As a result of these duties, he was a long-standing member of Meeting Planners of America.

John was also very invested in community service. Starting in the early 1950s, he was a member and president of the Santa Monica Junior Chamber and organized the largest square dance in America to celebrate Santa Monica’s 75th birthday.

He was a member and presi-dent of the Santa Monica Optimist Club, and a member and past pres-ident of the Santa Monica College Associates. He was active in his children’s school parent clubs.

John also was a member of the Board of Trustees for Santa Moni-ca Hospital for over 20 years, and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1988-1989. John and his wife were devoted members of the Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church.

John was the beloved father of Jay Danley; daughter, Deborah Danley Engelien and her husband, Mark; and son Gregory Holmes Danley, and his wife Linda; five grandchildren: Allison Engelien McGugan and husband Chris, Tracy Engelien, Kevin John En-gelien and wife Roslynn, Gage Dixon Danley, and Bridget Dan-ley; great-grandchildren: Edwin Daniel McGugan, Mason Grego-ry McGugan and Aylie Sophia Mc-Gugan. He was the uncle to many wonderful nieces and nephews.

A memorial celebration of life will be held Saturday, January 26, at 2 p.m., with a reception follow-ing at 3 p.m. at the Pacific Pali-sades Presbyterian Church, located at 15521 Sunset Blvd.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pacific Pali-sades Presbyterian Church.

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John Edwin DanleyMay 14, 1914 – Dec. 25, 2018

Charles Robert “Bob” Siev-ers was born in Los Angeles to Edna Smith and Charles

Augustus Sievers on October 11, 1924. He was raised in Santa Mon-ica, attending St. Monica Catholic School, Santa Monica High School and Santa Monica College.

When he was just 17, along with his entire basketball team from Samohi, he went down to the recruiting center and joined the Navy. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War ll. When he returned, Bob began working at Fisher Lumber in Santa Monica, eventually owning the company as well as Malibu Lumber.

Bob married the love of his life, Carol Swanson, on July 6, 1947. They settled in Pacific Pal-isades in 1952 where they raised five children.

Bob was an active member of the community. In addition to his involvement in numerous charita-ble and service organizations, he was a founder of the Boys Club of Santa Monica.

Bob will be greatly missed by his children Susie Harrington, Nancy Jorgensborg (Erik), Kathy DiMeco (Robert), Jane Sievers, and Robert Sievers (Danielle). He is also survived by his loving grandchildren Kelly, Blake, Tyler,

Christopher, Haley, Gina, Julie, Lisa, Nathan, Matthew and Nich-olas, as well as 13 great-grandchil-dren and his sister Edna Ralston.

Bob will be most remembered for his deep love of family, his de-votion, his faith, and his kindness and generosity to others.

There will be a rosary on Thursday, January 24, at 6 p.m. The funeral will take place on Fri-day, January 25, at 12 p.m. Both services will be held at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be make in Bob’s name to The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica at 310-390-4477 or to St. Josephs Center in Venice at 310-396-6468.


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Frank Mario Festa Jr., fondly known to his fam-ily and friends as Chip,

passed away peacefully at his parents’ home in Pacific Pali-sades on January 18.

He is survived by his par-ents, Fern and Frank Festa Sr.; his children Nicole (Tory Lew-is) children Hunter and Scarlet, son Ryan Festa (Noel Kessler) child Beau, his wife Terri and his step-children Haley (An-drew Allenbeck) children Brayden and Brooke, Hannah (BrandonRockwell) children Nash and Hays, KatieAndruck, his sister Bonnie (Don Burgess), brother Jerry (Melanie Keese) and the entire Festa family. And let’s not forget his two precious French bulldogs.

Chip was born in Garwood, New Jersey, in 1956, and in1962, at the age of 6, moved to Pacific Palisades where he lived the majority of his life. Chip attended Corpus Christi School, Paul Revere Junior High and graduated from Palisades High School in 1974.

He joined the family business Graphaids Inc, where he was a part-ner in the company until his death. In 1978 he married his high school sweetheart, Cindy Reich. They raised their two children in Pacific Pal-isades. He then married Terri Blake in 1998 and embraced her three daughters as his own.

Chip was a great athlete who from a young age had a passion for football. He started playing football at the age of 9 with Pop Warner Football. He continued playing through high school where he earned the award of “All City.” He then went on to play in college.

His other passions were dirt bike riding, water-skiing, snow skiing, house boating, camping and fancy cars. He shared his love for the out-doors with many of his high school friends, most of whom are still his good friends to this very day.

Chip will be remembered most as a devoted and loving father, grandfather, son, brother, husband, uncle, cousin, nephew and friend. He leaves behind his family and friends who will be forever touched by his kind and generous spirit.

We will remember Chip’s warm smile, infectious laugh and his en-dearing affection.

Services will be held at Corpus Christi Church, located at 887 Toyopa Drive, on Friday, January 25, at 3:30 p.m.

Frank Mario Festa Jr.

Linda Rita Rosetti, born in Philadelphia on September 28, 1951, to Carmen Marie Salva-tico and Henry Rosetti, passed away on Janu-

ary 10 of complications from ALS.At age 9 her whole family abandoned Pennsyl-

vania and headed to California, taking up residence in West Hollywood. Linda would graduate from Fairfax High School, enjoying the ’60s as a hippy in Hollywood, only to go on to UCLA and after years of bookkeeping in the family businesses of construc-tion, furniture and clothing design, would obtain a master’s degree in family therapy. There she found her true calling, and as a caring and loving person, she dedicated her life to helping other people.

Linda was a 27-year resident of Pacific Pal-isades, active in the Palisades Garden Club and Self-Realization Fellowship, and was a common sight walking her beloved black labs, Wilson and Pearl.

She is predeceased by brothers Henry and Bob-by, and survived by her loving son, Dr. Nicholas Jonas, his wife Amanda, her granddaughter Amelia, and brothers Gennaro Rosetti and Fred Piccone.

The only thing Linda loved more than cooking and feeding us her fabulous Italian foods was Ame-lia, the light of her life. She, and her magical Phila-delphia Sticky Buns, will be terribly missed.

Services are scheduled for 12 p.m., January 26 at Holy Cross Cemetery with a reception to follow at the home of Gennaro and Maria Rosetti.

Charles Robert Sievers

Linda Rita Rosetti

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By STEVE GALLUZZOSports Editor

More than 10 years have passed since he won the last of his 14 major championships, but Tiger Woods is

still the biggest name in golf and in three weeks he will headline a star-studded field in the Genesis Open at Riv-iera Country Club—one of the rare courses on the PGA TOUR he has yet to conquer.

Woods made his PGA TOUR debut at Riviera in 1992 as a 16-year-old amateur competing on a sponsor’s exemption. Now 43, Woods is on the downside of his Hall of Fame career, but is eager to build off his stunning victory at the 2018 TOUR Championship—the 80th win of his TOUR career and first in more than five years—that vaulted him to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings.

Woods’ TGR Live manages the Genesis Open and proceeds from the event benefit his TGR Foundation.

“I’m looking forward to being back in Los Angeles for the Genesis Open,” Woods said. “It’s always great to be able to play at Riviera and I am very proud of the impact the Genesis Open has been able to make on edu-cation through my foundation.”

In his first appearance at Riviera since 2006, Woods shot 6-over through 36 holes but missed the cut last year. His best finish at Riviera was a tie for second in 1999.


Having won its first two tournaments of the season, Palisades High’s girls

water polo team sought to make it three-for-three last weekend in Ventura Coun-ty. The Dolphins entered the 18th annual Oxnard Varsity Tournament undefeated and brimming with confidence. They left two days later with a healthy outlook on

where they are and where they want to be come playoff time after finishing fourth in the elite 22-team field.

After beating Flintridge Sacred Heart 11-5 and host Rio Mesa 16-6 on Friday, the Dolphins extended their season-open-ing winning streak to a program-record 18 with their 12-6 victory over Moorpark Saturday morning at Oxnard High.

That set up a semifinal showdown with Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, which

shot to a 4-0 lead on its way to handing the Dolphins their first defeat, 13-8. Two and a half hours later Palisades was back in the pool to battle Westlake for third place but the Warriors scored the decider with seven seconds left to win 9-8.

“We were 16th here two years ago and 13th last year, so it’s a big improvement,” Pali High Coach Kirk Lazaruk said. “We tried to ratchet up the competition in our tournaments this year and this was by far

the toughest of the three. We got exactly what we wanted. We’re stung by the loss-es but we learned some important things we need to adjust. We’ll regroup and start a new streak.”

Leighanne Estabrook led the charge with three goals against Flintridge Sacred Heart while Sydney Brouwer, Adelaide Saab, Julia Sansing and Maxine Eschger each added two and Chloe Berrisford had six saves. Estabrook tallied five times to

lead the way against Rio Mesa, with Saab scoring four goals, Sansing scoring three and Eschger, Brouwer, Nicole Kim and Samantha Rene each adding one.

Estabrook had three goals, Saab and Sansing each had two, Brouwer had one and Jessie Taft made three saves against Notre Dame, which led 8-2 at halftime, 11-4 through three quarters. The Knights went on to beat Temple City in the finals.

(See Water Polo, Page 12)

Palisades goalie Chloe Berrisford makes a save against Rio Mesa on Friday at the Oxnard Tournament. The Dolphins prevailed 16-6 for their 17th straight win to start the season. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Aldo Juliano Teaches ‘Mat Monsters’ Wrestling Class at Blanck’s Studio

Driving the Lane

Trista Federman of the Bulldogs dribbles through Crimson Tide defenders Lexy Giamo and Isabella Michels in a Girls Minor Division basketball game Sunday at the Palisades Recreation Center. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

“Mat Monsters” and Canyon Elemntary School students Daniel Gatto (left) and Gabe Velado practice their moves at Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center. Velado is the younger brother of former Palisades High wrestlers Carlos and Joseph Velado. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Tiger Woods Commits to Genesis Open at Riviera

Tiger Woods played Riviera for the first time in 12 years last February. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Palisades freshman Kavita Sekhon fires a shot on goal in last Friday’s pool play victory over Rio Mesa at the Oxnard Tournament. The Dolphins took fourth place out of 22 teams. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

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When one door closed, Aldo Juliano opened another one.

Amidst a swirl of controversy the former Palisades High wres-tling coach was fired last season, but he didn’t let the setback quell his passion for teaching the sport he loves. Instead, he organized a youth-oriented program he named “Mat Monsters” that offers begin-ner classes twice a week at Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center.

“Frank Jasper (who played Shute in the 1985 movie “Vision Quest”) and I got some calls that some kids in the Village wanted to get into wrestling so they could go on to Palisades, Santa Monica and surrounding high schools to wres-tle,” Juliano said. “So I talked to Gerry [Blanck], he loved the idea

and said he had some time slots available to use the room here and I said ‘Let’s do it.’ We started two months ago and we’re still going strong and expanding.”

The program has attracted kids as little as 5 and 6 years old but is also open to high school athletes—several of whom assist Juliano in demonstrating such ba-sic moves as tilts and doubles to the enthusiastic youngsters.

“We’re trying to keep the in-struction as basic as we possibly can,” Juliano added. “So we teach them how to shoot, how to sprawl and how to get off the bottom... things like that. It’s been fun.”

So far the average class size is 8 to 10 kids but Juliano said he’s had as many as 15 or 18 of various ages. Some of Juliano’s former wrestlers at Pali High help teach the classes, including last year’s

Post Cup Award winner Hamzah Alsaudi, a three-time City Section champion at 195 pounds who now attends Santa Monica College. Other former Pali High wrestlers who help Juliano include Chance Chapman, Joseph Velado and Aar-on Galef, a senior who transferred to Birmingham over the summer upon learning Juliano would not be returning at Palisades.

“I started off as an 8th grader and I always wanted to help out little kids because when I was that age I didn’t get the help I really wanted,” said Galef, a lifelong Palisadian who lives in the Alpha-bet Streets. “I had great coaches, but I didn’t have that person right beside me to help with everything I needed. I love being around kids so I decided I wanted to give back to my sport and my community.”

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A senior running back and inside linebacker on Brentwood School’s varsity football team, Jack was named to the All-CIF Southern Section first team for Division 10 several weeks after being voted the Gold Coast Conference’s Most Valuable De-fensive Player. The Riviera resident led the Eagles in rushing with 491 yards in 91 carries (an average of 5.4 yards per carry) and six touchdowns in nine games. He also had six receptions for 93 yards and was third on the team with 584 all-purpose yards. On defense, Jack led the Eagles in tackles with 113 (12.6 per game), including seven for losses, with four sacks and three forced fumbles (one recovery). He and the Eagles finished 8-1, including a 14-13 come-from-behind victory over Palisades in the inaugural Sunset Showdown. To nominate your favorite Palisadian for Athlete of the Week, email [email protected].

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Jaime Toledo dribbles upfield in last Wednesday’s game against Birmingham. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Right: Brent Smith maneuvers through Birmingham’s defense. Photo: Steve Galluzzo


Unable to play its league games because of an LAUSD

teachers’ strike the Palisades High boys soccer team wanted to stay sharp, so head coach Dave Suarez arranged a contest last Wednesday against another charter school, Birmingham from Lake Balboa, and the Patriots showed why they are City Section title contenders, handing the Dolphins their worst home defeat in 11 seasons under Suarez with a 6-0 rout in heavy rain at Stadium by the Sea.

It was Palisades’ most lop-sided loss since being blanked by the same score at Bell in the first round of the City playoffs in 2008-09—a game Suarez remem-bers all too well.

“That was my first season and

it wasn’t fun... this feels the same except the season isn’t over,” he said. “We have time to learn from this, regroup, and hopefully have another crack at them in the post-season. We dug ourselves a huge hole early and they played much more unselfishly than us. That’s a top three [City] team for sure. ”

Julio Vigueras began the scor-ing six minutes in, Anthony Miron scored on a rebound five minutes later and David Diaz got a goal in the 20th minute. Miron’s header made it 4-0 before the Dolphins managed their first shot on goal.

It went from bad to worse for the Dolphins went goalie Tommy Meek had to be helped off the field 10 minutes into the second half.

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AYSO Team Takes Pony Express By STEVE GALLUZZO

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The grass was greener for a local AYSO Boys U11 Extra

team last weekend at the Pony Ex-press in Corona.

The Region 69 squad coached by Craig Collar, Kamran Hayem-pour and Corinne Briers, finished 5-0-1 to win the championship at the three-day tournament. Ocean Silkman led all scorers with nine goals, including three in the fourth quarter of a 5-2 victory over West Torrance to open pool play on Sat-urday. After a 3-3 tie with Temple City, the local boys topped Coro-na and Beverly Hills by 3-1 scores to take first in their pool.

In a semifinal rematch against Temple City, Palisades prevailed 2-1 and in the championship game Sky Silkman and Justin Reinman each scored off a corner kick from Ocean Silkman to beat South Re-dondo. Reinman had three goals, Jagger Nathan and Reid Romans each had three assists and Henry Levin had two in the tournament.

Jack Lee, CJ Arnerich, Wil-liam Wickstrom and Logan Afifi anchored the defense in front of goalkeepers Ronen Hayempour and Asher Collar.

Palisades won the Santa Clar-ita Gold Rush in December and opens the single-elimination Sec-tion One West playoffs next week-end versus South Redondo.

Sky Silkman celebrates the first goal in the finals against South Redondo. Courtesy of Craig Collar

Fast Break

Palisades senior forward Mercy Montgomery drives for a layup around Marymount guard Isabella Agajanian in last Saturday’s MLK Girls Basketball Showcase at Santa Monica College. Playing without top scorer Jane Nwaba, the Dolphins lost 51-44 and dropped to 13-7. They are third in the Western League standings. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Gray Named State Coach of the YearThe Palisades High boys volleyball team

enjoyed a historic run last spring when the Dolphins captured their second City Section title in a row and reached the semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regionals for the first time.

On the heels of one of the most successful seasons in program history, head coach Carlos Gray has been named the National Federation of High School Coaches’ California State Coach of the Year for the 2018 boys campaign.

“I just found out and I am truly humbled and honored,” Gray tweeted. “The effort from all of our players and coaches made it possible!”

Palisades ended the season ranked in the top 10 in the state after compiling a 34-3 record and winning the Redondo Varsity Classic. Two of the Dolphins’ defeats came at the hands of Division I state champion Corona del Mar from Newport Beach and the other was to Alemany of Mission Hills, which ended the season 15th in California.

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Led by freshman Jake Sands the fifth-ranked USC men’s tennis

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Sands, a Palisadian and the former No. 1 player at Palisades High, notched the Trojans’ first singles point with a 7-5, 6-3 victo-ry over the Gamecocks’ Jake Beas-ley at the No. 6 spot.

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Addison Nahas (right) runs past the Bears’ Quinn Hoover trailed by Cowgirls teammates Heidi Zaun and Georgia Elliott in a Girls Rookie Division basketball game Sunday at the Palisades Recreation Center. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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ra has been selected to the CalHi Sports All-State Sophomore Team after a breakthrough 2017 season in which the 6-foot-5, 305-pound tackle earned first team All-West-ern League and City Open Divi-sion offensive second team honors after leading the Dolphins with 66 pancake blocks in 11 games.

Former Palisades High punter and linebacker Quinn Perry has

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Perry was the Dolphins’ De-fensive Player of the Year in 2016 after earning All-City first team honors and spent the last two years at El Camino College, making the SCFA’s All-Central League defen-sive second team in the fall.

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Former Palisades High coach Aldo Juliano (right) and reigning City 132-lb wrestling champion Aaron Galef watch their pupils’ technique in last Friday night’s Mat Monsters class. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Lenon Ohara (left) grapples with “Mat Monster” classmate James Van Wagenen. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

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“I just like to help out the kids because this sport has given me so much,” Alsaudi added. “It’s good for them to have people with our level of expertise train-ing them and hopefully that will help them improve.”

Galef started wrestling under coach Adam Hunt-er at Paul Revere Middle School while Alsaudi start-ed as a 9th-grader at Pali High under Randy Aguirre, who founded the program with Juliano in 2011. It was Juliano who kept the Dolphins’ program afloat in the wake of Aguirre’s tragic death from brain cancer on January 8, 2015 at the age of 30.

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Current Pali High wrestlers Eric Smith-Williams and Kyle Santelices also regularly attend the 90-min-ute classes, which are offered Fridays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at a price of $20 per session. To become a “Mat Monster” call Ju-liano at 310-428-3050 or simply go to a class, fill out the required paperwork and hit the mat.


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“We knew going into the game that Notre Dame would be tough,” Rene said. “It’s disappointing that our streak ended, but this doesn’t feel like a loss. We got behind 4-0 but then we settled down and told ourselves to look at the game as if it’s zero-zero. We ran lots of plays and did much better on defense in the second half, which shows how hard we’ve worked. We took a lot from this game and it’ll help pre-pare us for Eagle Rock or whoev-er we see in City.”

Palisades’ ultimate goal is to capture its first section title after coming up short in the finals five times, including last winter’s 9-8

loss to Eagle Rock after the start was delayed for over 30 minutes because the lights went out at Val-ley College. Estabrook scored five goals that night and is determined to make this the Dolphins’ year to lift the championship plaque.

“Tournaments are more tir-ing so you have to stay out of the sun and be able to warm up quicker,” said Estabrook, team co-captain with Rene. “When you haven’t played in over a week it takes a whole game to shake the rust. These games are shorter, you don’t know how tight the refs are going to call it and you have to use awareness and have the mind-set that each and every game you have to prove yourself.”

Palisades’ Sydney Brouwer (left) steals the ball in Saturday morning’s 12-6 triumph over Moorpark. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Adelaide Saab goes on the attack against Rio Mesa in last Friday’s pool play game. The Dolphins won 16-6. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Palisades captain Samantha Rene (right) looks for an open teammate in Saturday’s semifinal versus Notre Dame. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Leighanne Estabrook shoots ver-sus Moorpark. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Marieka Possman passes against Notre Dame. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Julia Sansing Photo: Steve Galluzzo

PPBA Evaluations This Weekend at Rec Center

The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association is holding its annual play-er evaluations this Saturday and Sunday at the Palisades Recreation

Center’s Field of Dreams and Commissioner Bob Benton is expecting the biggest turnout ever.

On Saturday, tryouts for players ages 7-8 will be from 8 a.m.-noon; 9-year-old tryouts will be from 12:30-2 p.m.; and tryouts for players ages 13-14 will be from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Makeups for players ages 10-12 will be Saturday at 3 p.m.

On Sunday, 10-year-old tryouts will be from 8 a.m.-noon; 11-year old tryouts will be from 12:30-2 p.m. and 12-year-old tryouts are from

2-3 p.m. Makeup tryouts for players ages 7-9 and 13-14 are at 3 p.m.The PPBA has provided baseball instruction to the youth of Pacific

Palisades, Brentwood, and Santa Monica since 1954 and currently is a PONY Baseball member league. Boys and girls 7-14 years of age as of August 31, 2019 (born on or after Sept. 1, 2004 and on or before August 31, 2012) are eligible to play in one of four divisions (Pinto, Mustang, Bronco, and Pony) for the Spring 2019 season.

A Player Draft will be conducted Saturday, February 2, there is a mandatory coaches meeting Wednesday, Feb. 6 and practices start Feb. 9. Opening Day/Pancake Breakfast festivities are Saturday, March 16.

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By TONI WEBBContributing Writer

Against the elegant backdrop of The Riviera Coun-try Club ballroom, new Chairman of the Board

for the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce Rich-ard Blumenberg was installed—and then proceeded to dance away with a perfect 10 for his rumba skills.

To celebrate seven decades in the Palisades, the Chamber hosted its 70th Annual Installation Dinner with a “Dancing With the Chamber Stars” theme.

Contestants were first vetted by Joe Mantegna, who channeled his inner “Godfather” character to evaluate the dancers, with heavy emphasis on their purported Italian heritage, with Sam Lagana deliv-ering opening remarks. Lagana then joined dancers Maria Tapia, Reza Akef and Rosanna Blumenberg to entertain party-goers.

A noted architect with many awards to his credit, Blumenberg has served on the Chamber Board for five years. He donated his professional skills to plan the recently remodeled Chamber office, which was accomplished entirely with donations from the com-munity.

Honorary Co-Mayors Janice and Billy Crystal started the Chamber officers’ swearing-in ceremony by unsuccessfully attempting to have the new officers repeat “I swear to give a 25 percent discount to the co-mayors.”

Blumenberg then detailed plans to focus more support on local businesses by improving the new member orientation, having Board members give a short presentation at the Chamber Mixers and encour-aging 30-second intros of businesses at the Mixers.

Councilmember Mike Bonin honored outgoing Chair Susan Payne with a plaque, commemorating her Chamber leadership, which Bonin noted was marked with “vitality and a focus on the community.”

Beloved by the Palisades community, Arnie Wish-nick was presented with the Mort Farberow Award. Wishnick shared that he felt that this award was es-pecially meaningful because of his long friendship with Mort.

Chamber President Bob Benton declared that Wish-nick was truly the epitome of the award because of his “unending support to the community and children.”

Benton then presented Wishnick with a cigar and Hawaiian shirt to guarantee an enjoyable retirement.

Accepting the Beautification Award for Palisades Village, a Caruso representative agreed with Payne that, while the renovations were stressful at times, the project turned out beautifully and has proven to be an asset to the community.

Rick Cunningham and Jacob Spooner of Estate Coffee on Via De La Paz accepted the Best New Business Award. Opening last May, Estate Coffee has European vibes and features artwork from Palisades Elementary Charter School students. A portion of the Estate proceeds goes to art supplies for the school.

Cunningham mentioned that Estate Coffee will be coming out with a coffee table book of the students’ artwork.

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The judges: Billy Crystal, Joe Mantegna and Janice Crystal Photos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Pamela Jane Nye, an assistant professor at the UCLA School

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The Highlands resident said she believes “yachts are special,” according to a press release, and wants to make nurses feel special too by way of her symposium.

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ate a new standard for continuing education for nurses,” Nye said, “and a standard which routinely recognizes, publicizes and says ‘thank you’ to these ‘unsung he-roes of healthcare.’”

The luxury yacht classroom will be paired with a pre-sympo-sium continental breakfast and a “multi-choice soup-salad-dessert bar for lunch.”

At the end of the class, the whole thing turns into a two-hour sunset harbor cruise with a “recep-tion celebration, gourmet buffet dinner, surprise guests and swag bags with ‘thank you’ gifts from a diverse group of nurse-supporting people and companies.”

All staff and presenters will be unpaid volunteers—and 100 percent of the event’s proceeds will go toward scholarships for nurses seeking advanced neuro-science education.

Nye will be retiring from her position at UCLA in February, marking an end to a prolonged career in medicine that started in 1974 as a nurse in the state of Iowa.

Since then she has worked as director of Post Acute Care Ser-vices at UCSF-Stanford Health Care, the president of Califor-nia Neuroscience Nursing, Inc., a neurosurgery/stroke clinical nurse specialist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center until her final position as an assistant pro-fessor and stroke coordinator.


By JAMES GAGEReporter

Julia Roberts will not be re-turning to the screen in her

star role as Heidi Bergman on the hit Amazon show “Home-coming.”

The show is an adaptation of the podcast by Gimlet Me-dia (created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg) of the same title, following Bergman after she quits her job at the eponymous “Homecoming” se-cret government facility, which helps rehabilitate and transition soldiers back into civilian life.

Part of the rehabilitation process at the Homecoming facility involves a mysterious medication that makes soldiers forget their experiences in com-bat. Bergman herself takes this medication on the job and, when later questioned by the Depart-

ment of Defense as to why she left her position at the facility, is unable to recollect the events that led to her decision.

Now, she must piece to-gether the scraps of her scat-tered memory to understand the larger story she is concealing from everyone—even herself.

The Oscar-winning Rob-erts will not reprise her role as Bergman for season 2 because she only had a one-season deal to star on the show (which was ordered for a two-season com-mitment) according to informa-tion gathered by the Hollywood Reporter.

“Homecoming” was the first time Roberts had ever been a series regular on a show. The cast also includes Bobby Cannavale (“Ant-Man and the Wasp”) as Homecoming boss Colin Belfast, Stephen James (“Selma”) as Walter Cruz, Shea

Whigham (“Vice”) as Thom-as Carrasco and Sissy Spacek (“The Old Man and the Gun”) as Ellen Bergman, Heidi’s mother.

It has yet to be confirmed if the inaugural cast will return for season 2, or if Roberts is the only on-screen departure. Though she won’t be back in front of the camera, Roberts will serve as an executive pro-ducer for the second season alongside showrunner Sam Es-mail.

The storyline of “Home-coming” season 2 will diverge from the original podcast, ex-ploring a narrative line piqued in a post-credits scene that fea-tured Colin Belfast and Geist Group superior Audrey Temple (Hong Chau) in an altercation that ends with Temple drinking some of the mysterious forget-ting medicine.

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It’s official! When you bump into Rabbi Amy Bernstein at the gas

station or in the Village, you can still refer to her as rabbi but you may also call her “prez!”

That’s because Bernstein—a rabbi at Kehillat Israel Recon-structionist Synagogue who sits on the Executive Committee of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California—has been installed as

the Board’s president. The installation took place at

a January 16 afternoon ceremony held at KI’s Community Room, where 150 attendees came to share her grand moment.

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles President and CEO Jay Sanderson, who was in atten-dance, praised Bernstein’s ascen-sion into the board’s top position.

“Congratulations to Rabbi Bernstein,” Sanderson said. “We would also like to acknowledge

and thank Rabbi Jason Weiner for his leadership and time over the past year.”

Originally from Atlanta and a graduate of Northwestern Univer-sity and Reconstructionist Rab-binical College in Philadelphia, Bernstein spent 14 years serving as rabbi at Temple Israel in Dulu-th, Minnesota, before relocating to Pacific Palisades at a time when Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben and the late Sheryl Lewart were about to retire. Bernstein became senior

rabbi at Kehillat Israel in July 2014 after serving for four years as the synagogue’s associate rabbi.

“He set it up so that my com-ing in was a good thing,” she said of Reuben.

Bernstein’s arrival at Kehillat Israel about a decade ago coin-cided with the thick of the Great Recession.

“That was affecting a lot of people,” she recalled. “The syn-agogue was doing a lot to help people.”

Bernstein is not coming to her new role completely unequipped. Back in Minnesota, she served two terms as president of Arrow-head Interfaith Council and six years on the Board of Trustees of the College of St. Scholastica, where she was also on the found-ing board of the Oreck/Alpern In-ter-religious Forum.

“We are all very excited that Rabbi Amy Bernstein is taking this significant leadership role as the new president of the Board of Rabbis,” Sanderson told the Pali-sadian-Post. “We look forward to working together to build a stron-ger Jewish community and sup-port rabbis throughout Southern California.”

Bernstein, who lives with her partner, daughter and pet Chihua-hua in the Palisades, said in some ways the community reminds her of Duluth.

“It’s more similar to the Pali-sades than LA,” she said.

She told the Post that the civil-ity and politeness that she found in Duluth is certainly on display in the Palisades, more so than the more extroverted alpha types of residents one might find in New York City or even in Los Angeles, where many East Coasters wind up residing and working in.

“In LA, you have these high-powered creative people,” she said of the East Coast vibe.

Moving forward, Bernstein said she is proud to carry the man-tle for her two-year term.

“It’s really important that everyone take their place at ser-vice,” said the rabbi, who wants the board to “be the face and the example to unite each other’s dif-ferences.”

Given the current climate of political divisiveness and soci-etal anxiety, rabbinical work is more important than ever as our society sees people “crushed by technology and entertainment,” Bernstein said. “Our inner lives are crushed.”

When people log onto social media, “we feel incredible pres-sure of people seeming to have it all together,” she continued. “We have allowed our culture to flour-ish around tech. It’s unsettling to say the least.”

Added Sanderson, “We have never needed stronger rabbinic leadership in our community than now.”


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Having been in the auto in-dustry since 1984, Bijari has been involved in running multi-ple new car franchise stores and was responsible for revising the second generation of Kelly Blue Book.

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Twenty-seven families and their daughters—including

seven Palisadian debutantes—were honored by Las Madrinas for their service to the Southern California community and Chil-dren’s Hospital Los Angeles at The Las Madrinas Ball.

More than 800 guests from the greater Los Angeles area—including the debutantes, their family and their friends—gath-ered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to celebrate.

Palisadian debutantes are Sarah Margaret Stokes, Kristin Leigh Larson, Isabel Ference Wi-att, Lily Anne O’Donnell, Cath-erine Margaret Rozelle, Kerry Elizabeth Larson and Bridget Ar-lene Stokdyk.

At the ball, Las Madrinas President Kathy Thompson shared about the current project,

the Las Madrinas Endowment for the Chief of Neurology Chair and the Neurological Institute Epi-lepsy Program.

The debutantes were then an-nounced by member husband Jon Warren Newby, while member husband David Thomas Balfour served as director of presenta-tion.

Flowers were provided by Jacob Maarse Florists of Pasa-dena, and the Wayne Foster Or-chestra accompanied the presen-tation and played the traditional father-daughter waltz.

“Las Madrinas was estab-lished in 1933 as the first Affili-ate Group of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and has been sup-porting pediatric medicine for 85 years,” according to a press re-lease. “Since 1939, Las Madrinas has honored families who have demonstrated a commitment to the civic, cultural and philan-thropic life of Southern Califor-

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For the sixth year, Marquez Knolls resident Nicole Wein-

berg, a cardiologist with The Women’s Heart Center at Pacif-ic Heart Institute, is assisting in coordinating the Women’s Heart Symposium—bringing awareness to heart disease.

Heart disease is the number one killer of women, attributed

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This year’s event, which will take place on Saturday, February 2, at Casa del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, will focus on toxins and heart health, with a “trailblazing” speaker coming in from San Di-ego.

“What if we could get every-one—really the nitty gritty—what you need to take care of yourself to avoid heart disease?” Wein-berg, who has been a cardiologist for 14 years, said ahead of the event.

This is exactly the informa-tion that her and her team, includ-ing two other female cardiolo-gists at her practice, are hoping to spread.

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Palisadian Debutantes Honored

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By VANESSA MASTERSONJunior Reporter

Hello Pali Post! I am Vanessa “Vany” Master-son and I am starting a kid’s advice column.

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time because I love to help my friends when they are in fights and feel confused about what to do in any situation.

Last year I was a peacemaker at my school and I helped many people who were sad.

Feel free to send questions and I will work hard to give the best advice possible!

Vanessa is a Junior Reporter for the Palisa-dian-Post. Her work includes running a pet Hal-loween costume contest and, most recently, her top lists for things in 2018. Submit questions for Dear Vany to [email protected]. Written in ques-tions will also be accepted: 881 Alma Real Drive, Suite 213, Pacific Palisades CA 90272.

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