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Volume 25 No. 17
Serving the West Hollywood, Hancock Park and Wilshire Communities
April 23, 2015
100 years and
Candidates spar at hillside debates
1.5 million lives later
n Campaign promises
n Turkey refuses to recognize Armenian genocide;
made and a dismissed
rape allegation surfaces
Obama omits word in speech
By jonathan van dyke
By luis Rivas
Campaigning for the 4th
District Council Office took a turn
this week following two heated
debates and the revelation of a dismissed rape allegation 13 years
ago against candidate David Ryu.
On Monday night, news surfaced that Ryu faced a charge of
attempted rape in 2002 that was
eventually dismissed. According
to court documents, Ryu was
involved in an incident on Aug.
14, 2002, that eventually led to his
arrest. Then 27, Ryu was accused
of attempted rape of an unconscious woman, only identified as a
Jane Doe. The charges were filed
on Sept. 10, 2002. The charges
were dismissed after the prosecution said it was unable to proceed
with the case, court records show.
“The alleged victim never
claimed that anything happened,”
said Mark Kim, Ryu’s attorney.
“The police officers on the scene
concluded nothing had happened.
There was no physical evidence of
either assault or unconsciousness.
Thousands will gather on the
streets of Los Angeles on Friday to
march in honor of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian genocide, and to pressure the Turkish and United States
governments into officially recognizing the genocide.
On April 21, the White House
confirmed that President Obama
will not use the word genocide in
his annual Armenian massacre
statement to be released on April 24.
Although the U.S. does not officially recognize the Armenian
genocide, 43 U.S. states have made
official proclamations or passed
See Demonstrators page 22
photo courtesy of Unified Young Armenians
Every year, thousands of Armenian Americans march in Los Angeles on
April 24 to commemorate the Armenian genocide.
LACMA celebrates golden anniversary
n ‘50 for 50’ exhibit
showcases art gifted
by benefactors
photo by Jonathan Van Dyke
CD4 candidates Carolyn Ramsay and David Ryu spoke directly with
constituents after a debate in Beachwood Canyon last Thursday.
The one person who alleged a
crime was a third party; and
another witness cast doubt on her
statement. There simply was no
evidence of any crime. So my
client, who consistently denied
this charge, was fully exonerated.”
Ryu also responded to the information that was made public on
Monday.
“It was a shock to be accused of
something I did not do, and I
would never do,” he said in a
statement. “Never in my life did I
imagine I would be falsely
accused of such a serious crime.
Even though I was exonerated, the
false accusation was devastating
to me at the time. I had just finSee Candidates page 20
Nurses protest schedule changes
at Olympia Medical Center
n Changes at hospital
By edwin folven
could affect 250 RNs
“What do you give a museum for
its birthday? Art of course,” said
Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis
Annenberg director of the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA).
LACMA kicked off its 50th
anniversary last weekend with a
star-studded gala and the opening
of the new “50 for 50: Gifts on the
Occasion
of
LACMA’s
Anniversary” exhibit.
The gala raised $5 million for
museum programming and acquisitions. The new “50 for 50” exhibit
marks a milestone in the museum’s
effort to continue collecting and
showcasing pieces in one of the
finest collections assembled in any
museum in the world, Govan said.
“This has been an historic week
for the museum. The newly gifted
artworks on view in ‘50 for 50’, as
well as the nearly 175 additional
outstanding gifts that have been
made in honor of our anniversary,
are a testament to the generosity of
so many patrons. Their gifts honor
By luis Rivas
Dozens of registered nurses
(RNs) gathered in front of the
Olympia Medical Center for a
vigil and rally on Monday, April
20, to protest against the hospital
management’s new schedule
change for nurses.
According to the California
Nurses Association (CNA),
Olympia Medical Center selectively changed the work schedule
of the RNs, but not other employees of the hospital. CNA represents approximately 250 RNs at
the hospital.
For the new hospital schedule,
nurses will have to work 8-hour
See Nurses page 21
photo by Edwin Folven
Visitors entering the Resnick Pavilion’s “50 for 50” exhibit are greeted by
a piece by artist DeWain Valentine titled “Red Concave Circle”.
our past, and more importantly, will
belong to the future generations of
visitors,” Govan said.
Govan spoke during a preview
on Monday of the “50 for 50”
exhibit in the Resnick Pavilion. The
works span a period from the 13th
century to present day, and include
pieces from many cultures.
Ethiopian crosses dating to the 13th
and 14th centuries are included, as
are paintings by masters such as
Miguel Cabrera, Edgar Degas,
Claude Monet, Taddeo Gaddi,
Hans Memling, Giovanni Battista
Lenardi and Frans Snyders. A 16th
century portrait by Chinese artist
Zhang Hong is included, as is work
by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
African art is represented by a figurine from the Gabonese Republic
and a serpent headdress from the
Republic of Guinea.
See LACMA page 21
photo by Luis Rivas
The nurses at Olympia Medical Center want community involvement to keep the current schedule.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
2 April 23, 2015
Calendar
23 Classic Film
C
lassic film lovers are invited to a
screening of “The Postman Always
Rings Twice” (1946) on Thursday,
April 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alex
Theatre. The film stars Lana Turner and
John Garfield. Alan K. Rode, director
of the Film Noir Foundation, will discuss the film. General Admission is
$16.50. 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.
www.alexfilmsociety.org.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Check-in is at 8 a.m. To register, visit
www.arunnerscircle.com.
‘Torn Asunder’
A
ctor Ed Asner stars in a free reading of a new comedy-romance
titled “Torn Asunder” on Sunday, April
26 at 2 p.m. at Theatre 40, on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. The
production, written by Christine
Rosensteel, also stars Flora Plumb,
Steve Keyes and Elizabeth Lande. It
focuses on a family that is obsessed
with football. 241 S. Moreno Drive.
(310)364-3606, www.theatre40.org.
‘The Murder Ballad’
D
ancers with the Los Angeles-based
theater collective Poor Dog Group
will perform in “The Murder Ballad”
running from Thursday, April 23
through Sunday, April 26 at the Roy
and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre. The
performance brings to life Jelly Roll
Morton’s legendary 1938 recording by
the same name. Showtimes are at 8:30
p.m., April 23-25; 7 p.m., April 26.
Tickets start at $16. 631 W. 2nd St.
(213)237-2800, www.redcat.org.
24 Jazz and Art
J
azz lovers are invited to the Los
Angeles Jazz Festival and Dysonna
City Art Gallery’s “Wine, Jazz and
Arts” series running from Friday, April
24 through Sunday, April 26 at the
gallery. The series kicks off with a performance by the Manje and Haakon
Graf Jazz Band on April 24 from 7 to
10 p.m. A performance by Carmelita
Pittman and The Flying Cucumbers,
and DeeDee Lavell and her quartet, will
be held on April 25 from 7 to 10 p.m.
On April 26 from 1 to 7 p.m., arts and
jazz student workshops and performances will be held. Receptions will be
held during each event. Admission is
$10 for concerts-only; $25 for receptions with food. 5373 Wilshire Blvd.
(323)857-0030, www.dysonnacityartgallery.com.
25 Writing Workshop
A
spiring writers are invited to a
workshop titled “How to Write
Query Letters and Proposals” on
Saturday, April 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building
in Culver City. Marvin J. Wolf, author
of 12 nonfiction books, a novel and
numerous photography books, will lead
the discussion, which is hosted by the
Independent Writers of Southern
California. General admission is $35.
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Participants can view six gardens along the Brookside Stream on
Sunday, April 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. during a tour sponsored by the Windsor
Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. The tour begins at 8th Street
and Longwood Avenue, and follows the natural stream to 949 Longwood
Ave., where refreshments will be served. The stream, officially called Rio
del Jardin de las Flores, surfaces in Brookside and continues underground to Ballona Creek. The cost is $30 for historical society members;
$35 for non-members; and $50 for tour and membership. To RSVP, call
(323)934-2556.
4117 Overland Ave. (310)773-8075,
www.iwosc.org.
Noel Coward
Reading
A
free reading of “Pointe Valaine”
by Noel Coward will be held on
Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m. in the West
Hollywood Library Community
Meeting Room as part of the city’s
“Classical Theatre Lab Reading
Series”. 625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
RSVP requested to (323)960-5691, or
email classicaltheatrelab@gmail.com.
Gym Crew Challenge
D
ance fans are invited to the “Gym
Crew Challenge” on Saturday,
April 25 at 8 p.m. in the Barnsdall
Gallery Theatre. Ten teams of non-professional dancers will compete for
prizes in front of family, friends, coworkers and guest judges. The judging
panel includes Dominic “D-trix”
Sandoval, Jasmine Harper and hip
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hop/R&B artist The Kid Ryan, who will
also perform. Tickets are $25. 4800
Hollywood
Blvd.
www.itsmyseat.com/GCC.
‘Beverly Hills Cop’
A
special screening of the 1984
action-comedy “Beverly Hills
Cop” will be held on Saturday, April 25
at 8 p.m. at the Million Dollar Theatre,
downtown. The film stars Eddie
Murphy as a street-smart cop from
Detroit who attempts to solve the murder of his best friend in Beverly Hills.
Tickets are $10. 307 S. Broadway.
www.beverlyhills-cop.brownpapertickets.com.
26 Miracle Mile Run
R
unners are encouraged to join
Councilman Tom LaBonge’s 3rd
annual Miracle Mile Run on Sunday,
April 26. The free “fun run” starts at
Wilshire Boulevard and Orange Drive.
Participants will run along Wilshire
Boulevard in the Miracle Mile to the
Advocacy Training
L
earn how to become an advocate
during a workshop on Sunday,
April 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the
National
Council
of
Jewish
Women/Los Angeles’ Council House
on Fairfax Avenue. The workshop is
titled “How to Write an Op-Ed”.
Additional workshops will be held on
May 31, June 14, July 12 and Aug. 2.
The cost is $15 per workshop. 543 N.
Fairfax
Ave.
(323)852-8536,
www.ncjwla.org/advocacytraining.
Youth Orchestra
Concert at The Ebell
P
ianist Jordan Daniels and sopranos
Gertrude Bradley and Dabney
Jones will join the Ebell Chorale and
the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los
Angeles Chorus for a special performance on Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. in
the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. World premiere performances of settings of the
poetry of Langston Hughes and Maya
Angelou, composed by Charles
Dickerson, will be held. The concert
benefits the Ebell’s Preservation and
Restoration Fund and the Inner City
Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles.
Tickets start at $35. 4401 W. 8th St.
(323)939-1128, www.ebelleventtickets.com.
Cancer Benefit
O
varian Cancer Circle Inspired by
Robin Babbini will host its 5th
annual fundraiser titled “Happily Ever
Laughter” on Sunday, April 26 at 7
p.m. at The Comedy Store. Guests will
enjoy a buffet, comedy performances
and a silent auction. The Ovarian
Cancer Circle was founded in memory
of Babbini, a West Hollywood resident
who lost her battle with ovarian cancer
at the age of 20. Tickets start at $80.
8433 Sunset Blvd. (323)842-8100,
www.theovariancancercircle.org.
28 Hadag Nahash
I
srael’s Hadag Nahash will perform
in concert on Tuesday, April 28 at
Avalon Hollywood. Hadag Nahash,
one of the most successful bands in
Israel. Doors open at 7:45 p.m.; show
starts at 8:30 p.m. General admission
is
$45.
1735
Vine
St.
www.teevtix.com.
29 Cold War Lecture
U
CLA professor and scholar
Vladimir Paperny will present a
free lecture titled “Soviet-American
Confrontation at the 1958 Brussels
World Fair and the 1959 American
National Exhibition in Moscow” on
Wednesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the
West Hollywood City Council
Chambers. The lecture explores cultural confrontation during the Cold
War. 625 N. San Vicente Blvd.
www.weho.org/arts.
30 Cause for
Paws Benefit
I
nfiniti of Beverly Hills is hosting the
“Cause for Paws” fundraiser on
Thursday, April 30 from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the dealership. The event benefits the nonprofit Karma Rescue.
Musical entertainment, “doggy & me”
psychic readings and a silent auction
will be held. Guests will also enjoy
food and libations, and dog hors
d’oeuvres will be provided for owners
with their furry friends. Donations are
welcome. 8825 Wilshire Blvd.
(310)633-4455, or email tany@thesoussanagroup.com.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
3 April 23, 2015
Union deepens its roots on the Miracle Mile
n SAG/AFTRA cements
deal to remain in area
for another decade
By jonathan van dyke
photo by Matt Sanderson
Tenants had moved into the Sunset and Gordon building before a
legal challenge was resolved over the project.
Residents of Sunset & Gordon
project told to move out
n Future of project
remains uncertain
By edwin folven
The future of dozens of residents in the controversial Sunset
and Gordon building in
Hollywood remains in limbo after
the Los Angeles Board of
Building
and
Safety
Commissioners on Tuesday
upheld an order that the building
must be vacated.
The commission voted 5-0 that
the department of building and
safety did not abuse its discretion
last month in invalidating occupancy permits for the 22-story
high-rise at Sunset Boulevard and
Gordon Street. The occupancy
permits were rescinded because
of an ongoing legal challenge by
the
La
Mirada
Avenue
Neighborhood Association over
the project, which was built by
CIM Group.
Los Angeles Department of
Building and Safety spokesman
Luke Zamperini said the commission also voted to give CIM
Group 30 days to comply with the
order to vacate the building. An
attorney for the property owner
said in reports that the commission’s decision will likely be
appealed.
The La Mirada Avenue
Neighborhood Association filed a
lawsuit three years ago contending CIM Group failed to comply
with a requirement to preserve
portions of the façade of the Old
Spaghetti Factory restaurant formerly at the site. A judge sided
with the association last October,
and invalidated the project’s construction permits. However, the
299-unit building was already
built. The ruling was appealed,
and legal proceedings continue.
Zamperini said approximately
one month ago, the department
was notified that portions of the
building were being used as a
hotel, and an order was issued to
the property owner stating that
unpermitted hotel operations
must cease at the site.
“They’ve got 30 days to get the
people out, and if not, we will
turn it over the city attorney’s
office,” Zamperini said.
Inaugural half marathon in
WeHo attracts 3,000 runners
More than 3,000 runners participated in the inaugural Sunset Strip
Half Marathon and 5K run on April
19 in West Hollywood. West
Hollywood Mayor John D’Amico,
local business leaders and running
enthusiasts
from
throughout
Southern California attended the
event in support of the 13.1-mile run
through West Hollywood and along
the Sunset Strip.
The top male finisher was Edy
Hernandez, 22, of Anaheim, with an
official finish time of 1:17:33. The
top female finisher was Christina
Vergara-Aleshire, 33, of Las Vegas,
with an official finish time of
1:22:23. The event was organized by
Los Angeles-based RaceForce,
LLC. Participants received a medal
and T-shirt, and a rock-themed finish
line celebration was held. Charity
partners included the House of Blues
Music Forward Foundation, Team
To End AIDS and the Institute for
Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research.
The Miracle Mile will continue
to be home to the Hollywood elite
with the dedication of SAGAFTRA Plaza at the 5757 Wilshire
Blvd. building.
Union officials announced the
plaza naming during a special ceremony last Thursday afternoon
that included the unveiling of two
46-by-40-foot renderings of the
SAG-AFTRA logo facing east and
west at the top of the building.
New doorway signage and sidewalk pillars were also unveiled.
“Over time we have settled into
this location and become an integral part of the neighborhood,”
said David White, SAG-AFTRA
national executive director. “We
like it here, and frankly, what’s not
to like? The building itself is historic and truly fantastic. The neighborhood is centrally located and
it’s in the midst of dynamic
growth.”
SAG-AFTRA, also known as
the Screen Actors Guild-American
Federation of Television and Radio
Artists, represents more than
160,000 entertainment and media
professionals.
Los Angeles-based architects
Walter Wurdeman and Welton
Beckett designed the 5757
Wilshire Blvd. building, which
was completed in 1948 for
Prudential Insur-ance Company.
Union officials pointed out that
SAG-AFTRA’s history stretches
back more than a half-century in
the Miracle Mile. In 1953, KFAC,
an AFTRA classical music station,
began broadcasting from the property next to the 5757 building,
which is now occupied by numerous restaurants. The radio station
remained there for approximately
three decades.
JH
Snyder
Company
has
owned the 5757
building since 1978
when it was purchased by senior
partner Jerry Snyder
and Sam Ocean.
Snyder said it was a
pleasure to have
SAG-AFTRA as
tenants, and the
group is one of his
favorites.
SAG moved its
national headquarters into the building in 1993 and
AFTRA moved its
national headquarters there in 2006.
The two unions
merged in 2012,
using the building
as a negotiations
center.
“It has been a
wild ride, and I personally can’t wait to
photo by Jonathan Van Dyke
see what is next for
New
signage
was
unveiled
on
the 5757 Wilshire
our union and our
building
on
April
16
indicating
it is home to
members,” SAGAFTRA president SAG/AFTRA.
Ken Howard said.
“That’s what this moment is all and branding workshops. The
about, looking to the future with a lease runs through 2026.
“This building is where it begins
nod to the glorious past.”
Union officials said the new for so many when they finally gain
lease was attained at a highly com- membership and become a profespetitive per square feet price, with sional in their trade,” White added.
a “generous” tenant improvement “Literally their first member orienallowance and the chance to put tation meeting occurs right
the SAG-AFTRA name and logo inside.”
“The building is so special,” said
on the building at no extra cost to
City Councilman Tom LaBonge,
the organization.
“This is a deal that made sense 4th District. “This [area] is the
and it was far too good to pass up,” place to be. This is a neighborhood
White said. “So we are going to and a walking neighborhood. You
put down roots in this building for can take a walk around LACMA, a
the foreseeable future and we’re walk around the special programs
going to place our name on this at the Natural History Museum,
and the subway is coming. I salute
building.”
The SAG Foundation offices SAG-AFTRA and your team,
will also be located in the building, everybody here, on this day for this
along with classrooms for casting new plaza at 5757 Wilshire Blvd.”
Runyon Canyon zipline doesn’t fly with residents
By jonathan van dyke
Without any neighborhood or
city support so far, it appears as
though a proposal to install a zip
line at Runyon Canyon Park has
fizzled.
Jeff Pruitt and Ryan Woods presented the idea to the Hollywood
Hills West Neighborhood Council
(HHWNC) on April 15, but have
since received almost universally
negative responses.
“We’re kind of letting things settle for a little bit,” said Pruitt, the
CEO of UOU Sports &
Entertainment. “A project like this
— the only way this could happen
is for overwhelming support by
the community that could match
the overwhelming opposition that
has emerged so far.”
The proposed zip line would
start on a launch platform located
south of Mulholland Drive near a
power line tower in the park. It
would start at approximately 950
feet high, and end at 450 feet near
the Fuller Drive gate. Pruitt said
the 500-foot scenic drop could
reach speeds of 90 mph, and that it
would run down the center of the
canyon away from homes or hiking trails.
“The line will not disturb the
earth, no land will be moved, no
noise will be made, no trees will be
cut and the line itself will be difficult to see for hikers and homeowners, as it is in between two
hills and does not run over the top
of hiking trails,” Pruitt said at the
community meeting.”
Pruitt and Woods also pitched
the zip line idea as a way to raise
money for the Los Angeles
Department of Recreation and
See Zipline page 20
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
4 April 23, 2015
Suspect charged with mayhem Hancock Park couple accused of human trafficking
Victims were
for biting officer during arrest nallegedly
forced
By edwin folven
A 31-year-old suspect has
been charged with mayhem for
allegedly biting a police officer
in Koreatown on Monday after
authorities approached him for
harassing a pedestrian and being
under the influence.
Lt. Marco Muñoz, of the Los
Angeles Police Department’s
Olympic Division, identified the
suspect as Steven Whinnie, a
resident of Los Angeles. Muñoz
said a pedestrian near the corner
of Wilshire Boulevard and
Western Avenue flagged down
officers in a patrol car at approximately 9 p.m., and told them a
man, later identified as Whinnie,
was following him.
When officers approached the
suspect, a confrontation ensued,
and one of the officers was bitten on the bicep. A second officer sustained a shoulder injury
during the altercation. Both officers received medical treatment
and were released.
Whinnie was arrested and
booked for mayhem, a felony
under the California Penal Code.
Muñoz said the investigation is
ongoing, and he did not know
whether the suspect was under
the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Whinnie is being held on
$150,000 bail pending formal
criminal charges being filed.
Three suspects sought for robbery
By edwin folven
Detectives with the Los Angeles
Police Department’s Wilshire
Division Robbery Unit are searching
for three suspects who robbed an
AT&T store in the 8400 block of
Beverly Boulevard on April 13 and
stole an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 6
Plus.
The robbery occurred at 8:30 p.m.
Three African American men entered
the store and two removed the
phones from a display. A surveillance
video shows two of the suspects running out of the store, and the third
pushing a security guard attempting
to stop them at the doorway.
The suspects are described as 25 to
30 years old, approximately 6 feet
tall, and 150 pounds. One suspect
had long braided hair and was wearing a white shirt, gray sweatpants,
white shoes and a Dodgers cap. The
second suspect was wearing a black
beanie cap, gray shirt with the word
“CROOKS” on the front and black
pants. The third suspect was wearing
a white sweatshirt, gray pants, white
shoes and a New York Yankees cap.
Anyone with information is urged to
call (213)922-8217.
to work in homes
By edwin folven
A Los Angeles County grand
jury indictment was unsealed on
April 17 against two defendants
who are accused of human trafficking.
The defendants, Astati Halim,
56, and Hendra Anwar, 62, of
Hancock Park, allegedly arranged
for the victims to come to the
United States from Indonesia for
work, and then confiscated their
passports. They allegedly forced
three victims to work in two resi-
dences in Hancock Park and another property in Beverly Hills. The
crimes occurred between May
2010 and September 2013, Los
Angeles County District Attorney’s
Office spokeswoman Shiara
Davila-Morales said.
Few details of the case were
available because of pending court
proceedings, Davila-Morales said.
The indictment came after a sevenmonth investigation by the Los
Angeles Police Department and the
FBI. The addresses of the properties were not divulged.
According to the indictment, the
defendants worked with individuals in Indonesia to have the victims
flown to the United States. With at
least one of the victims, a contract
was presented requiring the victim
to work for five years, instead of
the previously agreed upon two
years.
Another victim was allegedly
forced to sign a fictitious work contract with a co-conspirator of the
defendants.
The indictment also alleges that
fictitious documents were presented to embassy officials, in furtherance of the conspiracy, and that the
victims were instructed not to
speak to law enforcement officials.
Halim and Anwar pleaded not
guilty on April 17 to three counts
each of human trafficking and one
count each of conspiracy to commit
a crime. They are scheduled to
return to court on May 8.
Alleged drunk driver arrested for fatal accident
n 28-year-old suspect
is a resident of
West Hollywood
By edwin folven
A 28-year-old alleged drunk driver is facing a voluntary
manslaughter charge for a fatal collision that occurred on April 20 at
approximately 2:05 a.m. at the
intersection on Fountain and
Curson avenues.
The driver, who police identified
as Vladislav Fedorov, of West
Hollywood, remained at the scene
and was taken into custody shortly
after the collision, according to
Det. L. Childs, of the Los Angeles
Police Department’s West Traffic
Division.
Investigators believe Fedorov,
who was traveling northbound on
Curson Avenue in a Kia Optima,
ran a stop sign and collided with
the driver of a Honda Civic who
was traveling westbound on
Fountain Avenue. Childs said she
could not divulge Fedorov’s blood
alcohol content at the time of the
collision, but said he demonstrated
visible signs of intoxication.
The unidentified victim, a 23year-old man from Panorama City,
was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two passengers in Fedorov’s vehicle sustained minor injuries, and
were treated at a hospital and
released, according to police.
Childs said she did not know
where Fedorov was coming from
or where he going when the collision occurred.
“You think you’re having a good
time and then you miss a stop
sign,” Childs said. “Speed and
acceleration were also a factor.”
Childs said she was waiting for a
police report to determine how fast
Fedorov was driving when the collision occurred.
The defendant is being held on
$100,000 bail, pending the formal
filing of charges by the Los
Angeles
County
District
Attorney’s Office.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
5 April 23, 2015
All-girls school hopes to lead by example
By jonathan van dyke
Liz Hicks said she and her colleagues have researched the numbers when it comes to the achievement of girls within the STEM (science, technology, engineering and
math) curriculum, and they have
found a path they hope will lead to
more success in those areas. On
April 14, the Los Angeles Board of
Education approved Hicks’ proposal
for a public all-girls school that will
be located on the Los Angeles High
School campus.
“Most of the all-girls schools have
shown that girls do better in an allgirls environment, particularly in
those subjects,” said Hicks, who is a
Los Angeles Unified School District
counseling coordinator. “They tend
to develop better self-esteem. It’s
just one mode of moving forward in
those areas with girls, but they tend
to do better with it.”
In Los Angeles, there are already
some all-girls schools, Hicks said,
but they are all private schools.
“This model at this time is only
available to girls in a private school
setting, which is cost prohibitive to
most girls,” she added.
The Girls Academic Leadership
Academy is slated to open on the
campus of Los Angeles High School
at the beginning of the 2016-17
school year.
“It is clear that within our district,
our female student population is
underserved in the areas of sciences,
technology, engineering and mathematics,” LAUSD Superintendent
Ramon Cortines said in a statement.
“Not only will this new school help
our students discover their potential,
think critically and develop important intellectual skills, it will also
prepare them for college and
beyond.”
Hicks said the school’s design
team has been working on the project for more than three years, and it
was initially pitched as a pilot school
proposal. At the time, there was concern from the district that the proposal needed to include plans for an
all-boys school. Hicks said they then
prepared plans for both, but when
former superintendent John Deasy
stepped down, the district decided
against proceeding with pilot
schools.
However, the design team found
an ally in Cortines, who was working in the New York City
Department of Education in the late
1990s when that district opened the
first all-girls public school in the
country — the East Harlem Young
Women’s Leadership School — the
school after which Hicks and her
supporters had designed their academy.
“He decided to move forward
with it as an LAUSD school, not a
pilot school,” Hicks said. “Around
the country there are many young
women leadership schools, and of
this model, almost all of them have
100 percent of the students graduating, going to college and passing the
state exams.”
The Girls Academic Leadership
Academy will eventually serve
grades six through 12. It will begin
with grades six and nine (100 students each), adding a new grade
each year thereafter. When all the
grades are filled, there will be 700
students attending the school. The
district is investing $333,800 to
upgrade facilities.
Los Angeles High School, which
has suffered from under-enrollment,
will provide 14 classrooms once the
academy is fully enrolled. It will
take the place of the Math and
Sciences College Preparatory
School, a charter school that is leaving the campus voluntarily.
“We know we are losing enrollment and there is currently a charter
school on our campus, so we knew
something would be placed here, we
just didn’t know what,” said Joyce
Kleifield, executive director of The
Harrison Trust at Los Angeles High
School. “This sounds innovative for
a public school.”
Kleifield said Los Angeles High
School officials would continue to
work to increase enrollment,
because they ultimately want to
inhabit the entire campus.
“We used to be an overcrowded
school with 5,000 students on campus,” she said. “But enrollment is
down everywhere and we have open
classrooms.”
She said they welcome new ideas,
so long as they don’t eliminate the
rich history of the campus.
“I want to maintain the history of
L.A. High, but I don’t mind moving
into the future,” Kleifield said. “If
we can better serve our kids by
doing something like this, as long as
historic L.A. High doesn’t disappear, I’m open to it.”
Hicks said in a perfect world, the
academy would have its own campus, but she said the central location
of Los Angeles High School is help-
photo by Jonathan Van Dyke
L.A. High will welcome a new all-girls school to its campus in 2016.
ful, along with its accessibility by
multiple modes of transportation.
She said the design team is still
putting together a website and
brochures, with expectations to take
applications of interest in winter
2015-16. She added that hopefully,
the academy will serve as a model
and impetus to open similar schools.
“[Girls can] have more of a
voice,” she said. “They’re really
encouraged to develop their voice
and be confident in asking teachers
questions and gaining a sense of
themselves as a person and an academic.”
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Mayor Garcetti announces
city deal with Waze app
Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti announced on Tuesday
the details of a data-sharing agreement between the city and a popular traffic mapping cellphone app.
The Waze app is used by more
than 1.3 million drivers in L.A. to
find routes and report issues to
other drivers. Under the new
agreement, the city will provide
data to Waze from across city
departments — including information about road closures, construction and safety hazards — so
drivers can avoid blocked streets
and congestion.
“This is exactly
what our open
data initiative is
all about...”
-Mayor Eric Garcetti
The mayor also announced Los
Angeles will become the first city
to provide hit-and-run incident
notifications to Waze users driving
near the incident in case they have
useful information to share with
law enforcement. The Los
Angeles Police Department will
also use the app to put out local
AMBER alerts.
“This partnership with Waze
matches city data with the latest
smart phone technology to get
people where they want to go
June retirement
set for Beverly
Hills police chief
Beverly Hills Police Chief David
Snowden will retire effective June
13 after more than 11 years with the
city. The chief’s retirement was
advanced by several months due to
upcoming back surgery, officials
said.
Snowden has been chief of police
since 2004 and has served in a variety of law enforcement roles for
nearly 50 years. A former brigadier
general in the U.S. Military
Reserve, Snowden has received
numerous awards throughout his
career including the Sherman Block
Law Enforcement Professional of
the Year Award, Costa Mesa Hall of
Fame Award and the National Law
Enforcement
Commendation
Medal.
Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold
expressed appreciation to Chief
Snowden for his contributions to
the city.
“Our residents and businesses
have benefited tremendously from
Dave’s commitment to providing
the community with the finest in
public safety,” Gold said. “We wish
him well in his retirement and thank
him for his years of service.”
During his tenure, the city’s
police department launched and
expanded high-tech public safety
programs, including citywide security cameras, automated license
plate readers and opening the
Emergency Operations Center.
Prior to his service to the city of
Beverly Hills, Snowden served as
chief of the Costa Mesa Police
Department (1986-2003) and chief
of the Baldwin Park Police
Department (1980-1986).
faster,” Garcetti said. “This is
exactly what our open data initiative is all about — going beyond
information sharing to provide
opportunities for our data to transform into tools to make people’s
lives safer and easier in very tangible ways.”
Waze is providing the city with
aggregated data from the app,
including user-generated reports
and driving and route data, in a
form that ensures no personally
identifiable information is shared.
This new data stream can be analyzed and eventually used to evaluate the city’s traffic management
for events and road closures,
assess the deployment of traffic
officers, and further refine traffic
strategies for the most congested
areas, city officials said. The city is
already working on how to integrate the collection of user-generated and verified requests into the
311 request system, so the city can
respond to incidents in real time.
“We’re thrilled to expand our
relationship with Los Angeles, our
largest metro in the U.S.,” said DiAnn Eisnor, head of growth at
Waze. “We’re working with the
city and the Mayor’s office to better understand what’s happening
on the roads and where. We hope
this leads to more efficient traffic
monitoring and management,
reduced congestion, and safer
roads for Southern California’s citizens.”
Osteria Mozza closed after pick-up truck crash
By edwin folven
A collision last Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highland
and Melrose avenues caused a pickup to crash into the entrance of the
Osteria Mozza restaurant, which
was closed at the time.
The collision occurred at approximately 12:40 p.m. One employee
who was inside sustained “non-life
threatening” injuries and was treated and released, according to Los
Angeles
Fire
Department
spokesman Brian Humphrey.
Firefighters remained at the scene
and used wooden beams to shore up
the wall around the door.
Det. L. Childs, with the Los
Angeles Police Department’s West
Traffic Division, said the circumstances of the collision are under
investigation. The pick-up collided
with a four-door Honda with Texas
license plates. The identities of the
drivers were not available, and
Childs said they were not injured. It
is unclear whether any citations
would be issued.
Los Angeles Department of
Building and Safety spokesman
Luke Zamperini said the pick-up
significantly damaged the restaurant’s main door, and it would be
forced to remain closed until the
damage is repaired. Zamperini
added that the closure was necessary because the door is the only
entrance providing access for disabled individuals.
Osteria Mozza was founded by
Nancy Silverton, Mario Batali and
Joe Bastianich. Calls to the restaurant’s general manager were not
photo courtesy of the LAFD
A pick-up truck lays smashed through the front door of Osteria Mozza
shortly after a 12:40 p.m. crash on Saturday.
returned. A message from the
restaurant posted on Twitter on
Tuesday indicated it would be
closed through April 25. The adjacent Pizzeria Mozza was not damaged and remained open.
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Hollywood Chamber eyes millennials with HYPE
n Young professionals
start meeting through
offshoot group
By jonathan van dyke
photo courtesy of DC Entertainment
Hollywood superheroes
unite for world record
By Luis Rivas
Batman, Superman, Green
Lantern, Wonder Woman, The
Flash and other superheroes made
an appearance at Hollywood &
Highland last Saturday afternoon
to be part of history.
Thousands of fans gathered
around the world to be part of the
Guinness World Record for the
largest gathering of people dressed
as DC Comics superheroes. The
international event was organized
by Warner Bros. Consumer
Products and DC Entertainment,
owner of the largest English-language-based comic book publisher, DC Comics.
The record was set at the event at
Hollywood & Highland, which
ended a worldwide superhero gathering held that same day.
Guinness World Records has not
yet released the exact number of
participants in their official tally in
the next several weeks.
The 24-hour worldwide event
began in Queensland, Australia
and closed in Los Angeles.
Superhero fans participated in
places such as Manila, Taiwan,
Madrid, Rome, London and
Mexico City.
“The event was done in celebration of the first superhero story on
April 18,” said Warner Bros.
Consumer Product spokesperson
Emily Erskine.
The story of Superman first
appeared in June 1938 in Action
Comics, the precursor to DC
Comics.
Superman went on to become
one of the company’s most famous
superheroes. DC Comics is also
credited with introducing Batman
in May 1939 in Detective Comics,
another precursor to DC Comics.
Hundreds of DC Comics superhero fans showed up at Hollywood
& Highland, exceeding the minimum participation of 25 individuals in each country.
In order for the Guinness World
Record to be set, every participant
had to remain at the participating
event for a minimum of five minutes.
“Batman in Los Angeles was the
most popular superhero. But it varied around the world,” Erskine
said.
DC Comics superheroes include
Batman, Superman, Wonder
Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern,
Batgirl, Supergirl, Aquaman,
Cyborg, Robin and Green Arrow.
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With an eye toward recruiting a
younger generation of members,
the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce has formed an offshoot
group called the Hollywood Young
Professionals and Entrepreneurs,
or HYPE, for short.
“The HYPE program is the
chamber’s effort to engage the millennial generation,” said Leron
Gubler, Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce president and CEO.
“They represent Hollywood’s
future and we want them to be
involved in the chamber and to
take a leadership role in the coming
years.”
Gubler said the chamber has, in
the past, hosted special mixers and
seminars specifically targeted at
younger professionals, which is
important for the lasting legacy of
the organization.
“We’ve tried a couple of different ways to really engage younger
professionals in Hollywood,” he
said. “At some point, the Baby
Boomers are going to be bailing
and [the chamber has] got to have a
bench who will be the leaders of
tomorrow.”
“They represent
Hollywood’s future
and we want them
to be involved in
the chamber and
to take a
leadership role...”
-Leron Gubler
chamber president and CEO
Tait
Gabrielsen,
Brandon
Mason, Chase Gordon and
Kerreno Alexanyan helped form
HYPE, and are running the new
group.
“We are kind of the more active
younger group,” Gabrielsen said.
“We were approached by the
chamber of commerce a little while
back. We had attended some of
their young professional events.
We love the direction they were
going, but there was something
missing.”
Gabrielsen said the group
already has approximately 400
people following them “from all
walks of life.”
“This generation was missing
from the conversation a little,” he
added. “It’s extremely organic and
it’s really in its infancy right now.
All our forums are open to anyone
with an interest in this new generation. We have folks from the chamber of commerce [who attend].
While the real goal is to reach the
young 35-and-under crowd, we are
not an exclusively young eventbased system. It’s a bit more open.”
Group leaders said “young professionals” is a loose term, and
they have gone out of their way to
recruit dancers, actors and people
in creative businesses.
“Our main strength is that conSee Youth page 9
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give PAL a gift
9 April 23, 2015
Prang rallies donors to help campaign debt
Former West Hollywood city
councilman and current Los
Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey
Prang sent out a letter on Monday
to his supporters asking for help to
cover a leftover campaign debt.
“I urgently need your help,” he
said in the letter. “Despite running
a bare-bones campaign, I am left
with a campaign debt of $50,000.”
Prang recently passed his first
100 days in office, and said he
believes he has made great
progress since taking office,
including a launch of a new website and producing a budget that
will address needed services.
“Having run five successful
campaign for West Hollywood
City Council, I became pretty
good at estimating my costs and
my ability to raise campaign funds
— and ensuring they matched,”
Prang said in the letter. “However,
running for assessor was a lot
more difficult. I ran in a geographic area covering 4,700 square
miles with more than 10 million
residents. The office is obscure
and little understood by voters. It
was very hard to raise campaign
funds and just as difficult to know
how much to spend on which message delivery venues.”
The reason Prang sent the letter
out with urgency, he said, is
because Los Angeles County law
mandates that all campaign
fundraising cease six months after
the election, which is May 1.
“Now, don’t get me wrong, I
won the race and am happy to use
personal funds to reduce my debt,”
Prang said in the letter. “However,
I already have invested tens of
thousands of my own resources
into my campaign. Unfortunately,
campaigns can only be paid for
through personal funds and donations. Candidates need to rely on
the community to help them raise
the needed resources, and I need
your help to pay off this final
$50,000.”
West Hollywood wins transportation leadership award
photo courtesy of the 4th District Council Office
City Councilman Tom LaBonge, 4th District, joined Pink’s Hot Dogs
in Hollywood on April 13 in presenting a check of support to the
Hollywood Police Activities League (PAL), which is a communitybased crime prevention program that provides young people with
positive alternatives to gangs and drugs. Hollywood PAL serves
more than 450 at-risk youth annually from Hollywood and the surrounding areas of Los Angeles.
LAUSD explains MiSiS program
in special television show
The Los Angeles Unified School
District’s local television station,
KLCS-TV, has begun airing the
show “My Integrated Student
Information System (MiSiS): An
Inside Look”. The special presentation explores the district’s effort to
build a modern, fully integrated student information system, officials
said.
The half-hour program uses a
hosted, in-studio format with three
segments of conversations with
experts about the work the district
has done to address the serious
issues with the rollout of MiSiS,
and what the major next steps are to
advance toward project completion.
Brief features will highlight voices from school employees and their
experiences with MiSiS.
The broadcast began airing on
Monday. KLCS-TV appears on
Channel 58 on most Southern
California cable systems, officials
said, but people can consult listings
to find KLCS-TV in local areas.
The broadcast will air again at 6.30
a.m. today and 8 p.m. on April 27.
In-studio segments include discussions
with
LAUSD
Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines,
chief advisor to the superintendent
Diane H. Pappas and LAUSD
deputy chief information officer
Shahryar Khazei.
Youth served with group
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nection between the creative and
the corporate,” Gabrielsen said.
“Hollywood has historically, and
more so now, been a place — the
shark tank we live in has crushed a
lot of dreams. Our main goal is to
create a place for good ideas and
people.”
Gabrielsen, 27, said he comes
from an investment and real estate
background, but he also has interests in acting, writing and producing.
“I see myself as someone who
wants to be involved with a lot of
things,” he said. “We are the generation that will have over 10 jobs
before we find our profession.”
HYPE leadership members said
they have structured the group
around good habits — alternatives
to shopping or bar-hopping. The
group has hosted two forums, and
plans to continue to host one each
month. More than 50 people have
attended each forum.
Members have formed health,
arts, professional development,
knowledge, legacy/philanthropy
and social goal committees. An
early example of a committee
event was a scheduled hike to the
Hollywood Sign organized by the
health committee.
In theory, Gabrielsen said, there
would be one main forum each
month and then a special event
from each committee filling up the
remainder of that month’s calendar.
The main forum will likely be held
during the first week of each
month.
“We have offered ourselves to
help,” Gabrielsen said. “We saw
that there was a gap in these conversations that our generation
needed to be a part of.”
Gubler said the response has
been impressive so far.
“We’ve had two public meetings
and the enthusiasm we have seen
there has been tremendous,” he
said. “If we can bottle that enthusiasm up, we’ll be doing well.”
For more information, visit
www.HollywoodHYPE.org.
The California Association for
Coordinated
Transportation
(CalACT)
recognized
West
Hollywood on Tuesday for its
vision and leadership in public transit. CalACT is the largest state transit association in the United States,
and the city was honored with the
organization’s 2015 Leadership
Award at a ceremony on Tuesday.
A successful transportation program identified by the award is
West Hollywood’s TLC Program,
which provides door-to-door dial-
a-ride services to the city’s residents who most need them. City
officials also noted that projects
including Cityline, The Pickup and
their pursuit of a citywide bike
share program, helped win the
award.
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BH Bar Assoc. hosts food & wine event at Greystone Manor
The
Beverly
Hills
Bar
Association is hosting the Vintage
Bouquet food and wine event on
Sunday, April 26 from noon to 4
p.m. at Greystone Mansion in
Beverly Hills. Guests will enjoy
hors d’oeuvres and desserts prepared by some of Los Angeles’ top
restaurants and chefs paired with
tastings from California’s top
wineries, spirit and beverage companies. The event offers a live and
silent auction, musical entertain-
ment, a VIP cocktail and martini
lounge, and the opportunity to drive
away in an Aston Martin Vanquish
Volante or Mercedes-Benz B-Class
Electric Car. Proceeds benefit the
Beverly Hills Bar Foundation’s pro
bono legal services.
Participating wineries and beverage companies include Adelaida
Wines, Boisset Winery, Navarro
Vineyards, Vampire Winery and
Vodka, Shipyard Brewing Company
and more. Featured restaurants
include Ruth’s Chris Steak House,
Lawry’s The Prime Rib, The Grill
on the Alley, OMG Chicken &
Waffles, Hansen’s Cakes, Camille’s
Culinary Creations, The Baltic
Cupboard, Bier Beisl, Kye’s
Montana and more.
Tickets are $200. Greystone
Mansion is located at 905 Loma
Vista Drive, Beverly Hills. For tickets and information, call (310)6012422, or visit www.bhba.org/vintagebouquet.
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Tree planting celebrates
Arbor Day in WeHo
Brown part of Arbor Day Foundation awardees
The Arbor Day Foundation will
honor 13 individuals and organizations with its 2015 Arbor Day
Awards on April 25, including Gov.
Jerry Brown, who will receive the
Champion of Trees Public Service
Award.
The awards are presented during
a ceremony in Nebraska, and recognize contributions to tree planting, conservation and stewardship.
Brown has played a key role in
establishing community forestry in
California. During his first term, the
Urban Forestry Act of 1978 was
enacted, creating an urban forestry
program in California.
Since 2011, Brown has continued his legacy by advocating for
historic funding levels for
California’s Urban and Community
Forestry Program. Brown’s state
budget last June contained $17.8
million for urban and community
forestry — the largest one-year, single-state allocation for urban
forestry in the history of the United
States.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a
nonprofit conservation and education organization whose mission is
to inspire people to plant, nurture
and celebrate trees. For information
and a list of award recipients, visit
www.arborday.org.
Mitchell shepherds eye exam senate bill
photo by Richard Settle
West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tempore Lauren Meister and
Councilman John D’Amico helped plant a Honey Mesquite tree during a community tree-planting event at Havenhurst Park on
Saturday in recognition of National Arbor Day.
California Sen. Holly Mitchell
(D-Los Angeles) announced last
week that her bill calling for students entering elementary school
to receive comprehensive eye
exams by a physician, optometrist
or ophthalmologist had moved
forward out of committee.
The
California
Senate
Education Committee approved
Senate Bill (SB) 402, which
would require that schools and
parents know if a child has vision
challenges before reading instruction begins in first grade.
“In the online era, reading has
become more critical to achievement and the child who doesn’t
learn to read early or easily is likely to fall behind and stay behind,”
Mitchell said. “Children living in
poverty are more likely to be left
in the dark educationally, but
every child can be helped by identifying and addressing obstacles
to learning when schooling
begins.”
Current school vision testing
only checks a child’s ability to see
letters one eye at a time from 20
feet away. That test cannot assess
Hollywood Chamber hosts expo at the Palladium
The Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce will hold its 27th
Annual Hollywood Expo today at
the historic Hollywood Palladium,
which celebrates its 75th
Anniversary.
The will take place from 6 to 9
p.m. and officials said it attracts
more than 250 concierges, meeting
planners, location scouts, celebrity
assistants, travel professionals and
business owners.
This year’s event will include a
martini toast at 9 p.m. in front of
Proper Sightseeing’s double-decker, open-air tour buses. Event sponsors will be invited to stay for the
“Expo After Dark” party hosted by
Live Nation and DLS Events, as
well as Anheuser-Busch, Tinhorn
Flats, and Premiere Events, from
9:30 p.m. through midnight in the
Palladium’s VIP Balcony.
Among the Hollywood Expo
exhibits are restaurants that offer
menu samples and there will be
complimentary Wi-Fi Internet
access.
Admission is $10 for chamber
members and $20 for non-members. All guests must RSVP in
advance. Raffle prizes such as
restaurant gift cards, gift baskets
and theater tickets will be awarded
at the event to those who register
for the drawing. The Hollywood
Palladium is located at 6215 Sunset
Boulevard. Self-parking is available for $6.
Attending guests must register
online to attend at www.hollywoodchamber.net/events.
West Hollywood Kids’ Fair focuses on learning, fun
West Hollywood will host its
20th Annual West Hollywood
Kids’ Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturday at West Hollywood Park,
647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Admission is free.
The fair will be full of familyfriendly activities and attractions
including an entertainment stage,
face painting, arts and crafts, and
booths from local schools, organizations, and arts programs. There
will also be a choo-choo train.
Public safety activities will be on
display and the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department and
Los Angeles County Fire
Department will have equipment
and demonstrations available for
children to learn and explore.
Following the Kids’ Fair, there
will be a WeHo Reads author series
event with LeVar Burton who
recently published his first children’s book, “The Rhino Who
Swallowed a Storm”.
Burton will read from the book
while the words are projected on
the screen behind him so kids can
read along. The reading will take
place at 2 p.m. at the West
Hollywood City Council chambers/public meeting room at West
Hollywood Library, located at 625
N. San Vicente Blvd. Admission is
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how well the eyes are able to converge on a page in a book or
device held close to the face,
Mitchell said. About 20 percent of
children have problems seeing at
reading distance. Both reading
speed and fluency are diminished
by poor eye coordination, she
added.
SB 402 would ensure that the
exams evaluate a range of visual
functions, not just whether a child
can see the blackboard from the
rear of the room. School nurses
would be able to monitor students
for vision-related issues and to
communicate with parents about
needed follow-up sooner —
important for families raising
children in poverty or ineligibility
for some health benefits, Mitchell
said.
The bill is sponsored by the
California Board of Optometry
and is supported by the California
Federation of Teachers and the
California Pan-Ethnic Health
Network.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
12 April 23, 2015
R ESTAU R ANT NEW S
By Jill Weinlein
Happy National
Picnic Day
T
he Deli at Little Dom’s is offering to-go options for National
Picnic Day on Thursday, April 23
that include grilled shrimp with
romesco and chopped spinach
salad, Sicilian tuna melts and cold
fried chicken sandwiches. The
meals are perfect for a picnic in
Griffith Park. 2128 Hillhurst Ave.
(323)661-0055.
Have a Picnic Today
G
uests at Stir Market can BYOB
(Build Your Own Basket) for
an al fresco feast on National Picnic
Day on April 23. The marketplace
is packed with specialty sandwiches, salads and snacks. Guests can
enjoy grilled salmon with root vegetables, charcuterie baguettes, purple potato salad with celery leaves,
and farro, corn and tomatillo salads.
The marketplace also offers specialty beverages, wine, snacks and
candy from local artisans and purveyors. 7475 Beverly Blvd.
(323)879-8283.
Smoke.Oil.Salt
Greatest Hits
S
moke.Oil.Salt is celebrating its
first anniversary on Friday,
April 24 and Saturday, April 25
with a 10-course menu of chef
Perfecto Rocher’s greatest hits.
Two seatings will be offered each
night at 6:30 and 9 p.m. The special
dinner is $90 per person with
optional wine pairings for $25 or
$50 per person. 7274 Melrose Ave.
(323)930-7900.
San Antonio Winery
S
an Antonio Winery, the oldest
winery in Los Angeles, is hosting a wine barrel tasting for $60 per
person on Saturday, April 25 from 1
to 3:30 p.m. Wine enthusiasts can
sample wines straight from the barrel, and purchase wines, artisan craft
beer and spirits from around the
world at the wine store. The tratto-
ria-style restaurant serves Italian
and American dishes. The barrel
tasting event is limited to 46 guests;
early reservations recommended.
737 Lamar St. (323)223-1401.
Victor’s Restaurant
Closing its Doors
A
fter 32 years, Victor’s
Restaurant’s lease has come to
an end and it will close its doors on
April 27. Diners are encouraged to
take a business card and stay in
touch with proprietors Bill and
Lucy Gotti. Hopefully, Bill Gotti’s
chicken noodle soup will be available again soon. 1917 Bronson Ave.
(323)934-6262.
The Larchmont
Celebrates Two Years
B
eginning on Saturday, May 2,
The Larchmont’s executive
chef Kevin Kathman will serve
items from a brunch menu offering
elevated California cuisine with
vegetables from co-owner Spoon
Singh’s Ojai farm. The menu will
have French influences and
straight-from-the-farm vegetables
served on the restaurant’s alfresco
porch and indoor dining room.
Kathman will solely utilize organic
eggs and hormone- and antibioticfree meats. The brunch menu will
include deviled eggs with smoked
whitefish, caviar and Meyer lemon;
sprouted farro with Vietnamese
spices, homemade tofu with eggs
and freshly harvested vegetables;
and The Stoner, with peanut butter
crunch French toast, maple bacon,
roasted banana and an option to add
foie gras. Also offered will be
Benedict with smoked ham hock
and brown butter hollandaise on an
English muffin; and king crab with
butter poached crab, béarnaise,
crispy potato and poached eggs.
Special mimosas featuring Ojai’s
iconic pixie tangerines from
Singh’s farm are available to toast
the restaurant’s two-year anniversary. Brunch is served every
Saturday and Sunday from 10:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. A children’s menu is
priced at $10 per dish. 5750
Melrose Ave. (323)464-4277.
Jeni’s Scoop Shop
in Los Feliz
A
fter a day in Griffith Park or at
the L.A. Zoo, ice cream lovers
are invited to stop by Jeni’s, where
they blend, bake, mix, peel, chop,
skin, pulverize, roast, toast and use
a blow torch to create their ice
cream treats. Diners can enjoy a
treat at the shop or have it packed to
go with dry ice to for a post-picnic
dessert. 1954 Hillhurst Ave.
(323)928-2668.
GC Marketplace for
Hollywood Bowl
C
hef Gary Arabia of GC
Marketplace provides to-go
options for picnics and the
Hollywood Bowl season. His
Chinese chicken salad, curry chicken salad sandwiches, roast beef
sandwiches, cheese and charcuterie
platters, and rotisserie meats are
ideal for picnics. The marketplace
offers “Bowl Bentos” for concertgoers with wine pairings from an inhouse sommelier. 3315 Cahuenga
Blvd. West. (323)645-5269.
Classic Mexican
Seafood
F
ernando Villagomez, owner of
the landmark carnitas stand, Las
Morelianas in the Grand Central
Market, has opened a second
restaurant in the market — La
Tostadería.
The restaurant is the latest in a
wave of new eateries that are trans-
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Bombo at Grand Central Market
C
hef Mark Peel, of Michael’s, Chez Panisse, Spago, Ma Maison
and Campanile, recently opened Bombo in the Grand Central
Market. Peel offers curried shrimp, fish stews, steamed mussels and
clams, and a fish of the day special, as well as braised beef ribs, salads, seared tofu and fried chicken. Bombo is open from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m., daily. 317 S. Broadway, Stall D3. (213)624-2378.
forming the historic market into a
culinary destination. Villagomez
and co-owner Gerardo Reynoso
began collaborating on La
Tostadería two years ago while
Reynoso was working at La
Marisquena, a popular seafood
restaurant in León, Mexico. They
bring the Mexican cevichería experience to Los Angeles with a menu
featuring traditional and original
recipes. Le Cordon Bleu-trained
chef Sandra Felix showcases her
expansive culinary experience with
Mexican seafood dishes, soups,
cocktails, tacos and specialty
tostadas made with a fried tortilla
topped with marinated fish and
shellfish. 317 S. Broadway, Stall
E10. (213)624-2378.
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13 April 23, 2015
ing the meat at each table. If the
slices of meat are overly rare for a
guest’s preference, they carry the
rotisserie back to the grill to further
cook the meat.
Our favorites were beef dishes
with a nice caramelized exterior
created by the salt rub and rotisserie
InteractIve
BrazIlIan
DInIng
A
parade of Brazilian gauchos
holding large skewers of
beef creates an exciting dining experience at Fogo de Chao.
Pace yourself, or you will be left
with food on your plate, which is
what happened when I visited the
new Fogo de Chao downtown — in
the former Roy’s Hawaiian restaurant space.
Fogo de Chao opened its doors in
January in the heart of the financial
district, and is a short walk from
LA Live and Staples Center. The
upscale décor is reminiscent of
Roy’s, with a large glass wine cellar
near the entrance. It looks more like
a fine dining restaurant than an allyou-can-eat buffet dining spot.
The Fogo de Chao chain started
in 1979 and quickly became a huge
success, opening restaurants
throughout the United States, in
Mexico City and Puerto Rico. Each
restaurant offers a pure Brazilian
experience
and
doesn’t
“Americanize” the preparation,
authenticity or flavors of South
America. Many of the servers and
chefs are from Brazil.
I went to Fogo de Chao with a
friend for lunch and sat next to a
window facing downtown’s highrise buildings. After being greeted
by our server, we started at the
gourmet market salad and side bar.
I particularly liked the butternut
squash soup, slices of parmesan
from a huge cheese wheel, prosciutto, Brazilian hearts of palm,
artichoke bottoms, smoked salmon
and sage green jumbo asparagus.
A nice variety of wines from
Argentina and Chile are offered, as
well as European wines, Napa
Valley chardonnays and Sonoma
cabernet sauvignons.
All-you-can-eat
sides
of
caramelized bananas, crispy polenta sticks sprinkled with parmesan
cheese and doughy piping hot
popovers are served at every table.
Also at each table is a round card
that is green on one side and red on
the other. When the card is turned to
green, gauchos arrive with grilled
beef, chicken, pork and lamb. The
gauchos are also chefs, and are
responsible for prepping and cooking the giant rotisseries before carv-
photo by Jill Weinlein
The cold buffet offers an array of salads, fruit, charcuterie – including
prosciutto – and a delightful butternut squash soup.
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flame. The signature picanha is a
semi-circular cut of top sirloin seasoned with garlic and sea salt.
Flavorful filet mignon is wrapped
in bacon, lightly seasoned and
grilled rotisserie style.
The gauchos slide some of the
meat off long skewers onto plates,
such as the chicken legs lightly
basted in a delicious marinade, and
chicken breasts wrapped in bacon.
Other items are sliced thinly by the
gauchos while guests use small
tongs to take the meat off the skewer. It’s fun, interactive dining.
With a plate full of food, we
turned our card to red to stop the
procession of meat. Whatever was
left on my plate, stayed on my
plate. The restaurant’s policy is that
guests may not take leftovers home.
My friend suggested we order the
signature papaya cream dessert to
share. It is the most requested
dessert at Fogo de Chao and similar
to a papaya smoothie. A ripe
papaya is cut and blended with two
photo by Jill Weinlein
The handsome gauchos – or servers – carve grilled meats from skewers including filet mignon, lamb, chicken and pork.
to three scoops of Häagen-Dazs
vanilla ice cream before it is poured
into dessert cups and delivered with
a bottle of creme de cassis. The
ruby red syrup is poured on top to
enhance the sweetness of the fresh
fruit.
Vegetarians and light eaters can
order the market salad bar and
enjoy watching the lively parade of
gauchos with meat on skewers.
Diners are encouraged to park in a
lot across the street during lunch,
and valet parking is available for
dinner. Lunch is served from 11:30
to 2 p.m.; dinner starts at 4:30 p.m.
$$-$$$ 800 S. Figueroa. (213)2284300.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
14 April 23, 2015
Police Blotter
The following crimes occurred in West Hollywood and the areas patrolled
by the LAPD’s Wilshire and Hollywood divisions between April 13 and
April 19, and were compiled from www.crimemapping.com. To report a
crime, the telephone numbers of local law enforcement agencies are: Los
Angeles Police Department, Wilshire Division (213)473-0489 and Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood Station (310)8558850.
April 13
Beverly at 7:30 p.m.
At 1 a.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 7400
block of Melrose.
At 8 p.m., an unknown suspect
burglarized a vehicle parked in the
6500 block of Melrose.
An unknown suspect stole a vehicle parked in the 7200 block of
Franklin at 2 a.m.
An unknown suspect burglarized a
vehicle parked in the 1100 block of
Genesee at 9:30 p.m.
At 3 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 500
block of Croft.
April 15
An unknown suspect stole a bicycle in the 7200 block of Waring at
7:30 p.m.
At 9:25 p.m., a suspect assaulted
a victim in the 1400 block of N.
Martel.
An unknown suspect burglarized a
vehicle parked in the 8900 block of
Burton Way at 9:30 p.m.
At 9:30 p.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked in the 8900
block of Burton Way.
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft in the 6400 block of
Sunset at 10 p.m.
At 10:30 p.m., an unknown suspect committed a petty theft in the
8200 block of Beverly.
An unknown suspect stole a vehicle parked near the corner of
Lexington and Selma at 11 p.m.
At 11:02 p.m., an unknown suspect assaulted a victim in the 8400
block of Sunset.
At 10 a.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 1700
block of Courtney.
An unknown suspect assaulted a
victim near the corner of Argyle
and Selma at 10:15 a.m.
At 4:30 p.m., an unknown suspect
robbed a victim near the corner of
Sunset and Highland.
An unknown suspect stole a vehicle parked in the 7600 block of
Willoughby at 5:30 p.m.
At 10 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 6200
block of Sunset.
An unknown suspect committed a
theft in the 6700 block of
Hollywood at 10 p.m.
An unknown suspect burglarized a
vehicle parked in the 700 block of
S. Fairfax at 4:30 a.m.
At 11 p.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked in the 100
block of N. Fuller.
At 10:40 a.m., an unknown suspect committed a petty theft in the
5700 block of Melrose.
April 16
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft in the 100 block of The
Grove at 3:30 p.m.
At 3:40 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 800
block of Vine.
An unknown suspect committed a
burglary in the 8100 block of
Blackburn at 5 p.m.
At 6 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a theft in the 1100 block
of S. La Brea.
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft in the 7600 block of
At 6:30 p.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked near the
corner of Wilcox and Sunset.
At 3 a.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 1700
block of Vine.
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft in the 7600 block of
Beverly at 9:30 p.m.
An unknown suspect burglarized a
vehicle parked in the 7000 block of
Hawthorn at 8 a.m.
At 10 p.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked near the
corner of Selma and Cahuenga.
At 6:10 p.m., an unknown suspect
robbed a victim in the 8300 block
of W. 3rd.
An unknown suspect assaulted a
victim in the 8900 block of Santa
Monica at 11:29 p.m.
An unknown suspect assaulted a
victim near the corner of Romaine
and La Brea at 6:25 p.m.
April 18
At 8:24 p.m., an unknown suspect
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft near the corner of
Barton and Vine at 11:50 p.m.
April 19
At 1:05 a.m., an unknown suspect
assaulted a victim in the 600 block
of Robertson.
An unknown suspect robbed a victim near the corner of DeLongpre
and Ivar at 3:20 a.m.
At 7:15 a.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked near the
corner
of
Highland
and
Willoughby.
A suspect assaulted a victim during a domestic violence incident in
the 6700 block of Yucca at 8 p.m.
A member of the SwaggSec
hacking group was sentenced last
Thursday to three years in federal
prison for participating in a series
of computer attacks that compromised computer systems at
DirecTV, Farmers Insurance and
the Los Angeles Department of
Public Works.
Mario Patrick Chuisano, 32, of
Staten Island, New York, who
used the online monikers “fame”
and “infam0us”, was sentenced in
Los Angeles by United States
District Judge S. James Otero.
In addition to the prison term,
Otero ordered Chuisano to pay
$2.662 million in restitution to the
three victims.
Chuisano pleaded guilty in June
2014 to conspiracy to intentionally cause damage to a protected
computer, as well as to possession
of an unregistered firearm, namely a sawed-off shotgun. In addition to the sawed-off shotgun that
was discovered in Chuisano’s res-
An unknown suspect committed a
burglary near the corner of Flores
and Clinton at 10:15 p.m.
At 2:15 p.m., an unknown suspect
assaulted a victim in the 500 block
of S. Sierra Bonita.
An unknown suspect assaulted a
victim in the 7900 block of Santa
Monica at 2:20 a.m.
An unknown suspect committed a
theft in the 6500 block of
Hollywood at 2 a.m.
At 1:30 a.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 7900
block of Santa Monica.
An unknown suspect burglarized a
vehicle parked in the 600 block of
N. Sycamore at noon.
An unknown suspect committed a
burglary in the 300 block of S.
Arden at 4:30 p.m.
committed a petty theft in the 8300
block of Santa Monica.
Hacker sentenced for Los Angeles attacks
April 14
At 10:15 a.m., an unknown suspect committed a petty theft in the
1300 block of N. Sycamore.
At 1 a.m., an unknown suspect
stole a vehicle parked in the 800
block of S. Lucerne.
At 12:30 a.m., an unknown suspect assaulted a victim in the 4500
block of W. Olympic.
At 10 p.m., an unknown suspect
burglarized a vehicle parked in the
1700 block of N. Fuller.
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft near the corner of
Highland and Lexington at 7:45
a.m.
At 4 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a grand theft in the
7000 block of Hollywood.
At 12:01 a.m., an unknown suspect burglarized a residence in the
900 block of Orange Grove.
An attempted vehicle burglary was
reported in the 9000 block of
Shoreham at 4:25 p.m.
At 6:20 p.m., an unknown suspect
robbed a victim in the 500 block of
N. Formosa.
An unknown suspect committed a
burglary in the 6600 block of
Hollywood at 6:50 p.m.
At 10 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a grand theft in the 400
block of Burnside.
April 17
At 10:45 a.m., an unknown suspect committed a petty theft in the
1400 block of Vine.
An unknown suspect committed a
burglary in the 7500 block of
Norton at 2 a.m.
At 2 p.m., an unknown suspect
committed a petty theft in the 8400
block of Beverly.
An unknown suspect committed a
petty theft in the 8400 block of
Beverly at 3:55 p.m.
idence during the execution of a
search warrant, agents from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
recovered an unregistered handgun, brass knuckles and equipment that could be used to manufacture counterfeit credit and debit
cards, according to court documents.
During 2012 and 2013,
SwaggSec, or “Swagg Security”,
carried out a series of computer
attacks and released some of the
information stolen from the compromised systems through an
eponymous social media account.
When he pleaded guilty last
year, Chuisano, a self-taught
hacker, admitted that he installed
a Remote Access Trojan (R.A.T.)
installed on the computer of an
insurance agent and that he used
the R.A.T. to gain access to the
computer and steal reports and
documents related to sales agents,
as well as thousands of sent and
received e-mails and passwords
from Farmers Insurance.
“The theft and release of passwords is particularly disturbing
because many people use the
same passwords for activities of
daily Internet life, such as banking
and device access,” prosecutors
wrote in a sentencing memo filed
in relation to the hearing.
“Publishing stolen passwords
accompanied by other identifying
information about individuals
invites ‘follow-on’ victimization.
Moreover, even the naked passwords absent other identifying
information can be used by criminals to increase password databases used in brute-force password
cracking programs.”
In relation to the attack against
the Los Angeles Department of
Public Works, hackers, including
Chuisano, exploited vulnerability
in Adobe’s ColdFusion platform
to steal e-mails and personal identifying and health information for
more than 3,000 people.
Clothing executives arraigned on fraud charges
Two clothing manufacturing
executives were arraigned Friday
in a workers’ compensation fraud
case where losses are estimated to
be nearly $12.5 million, the Los
Angeles
County
District
Attorney’s Office announced.
Sung Hyun Kim, 57, and
Caroline Sung Choi, 59, made
their initial court appearance in
Department 30 of the Foltz
Criminal Justice Center. Codefendant Jae Young Kim, 72,
pleaded not guilty last Thursday to
nine counts of workers’ compensation fraud.
Sung Hyun Kim also is charged
with nine counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Sung Hyun Kim
and Choi, who are sisters, each
face nine counts of failure to pay
state payroll taxes.
Sung Hyun Kim and Choi are
corporate officers for Meriko,
Inc., and its successor, SF
Apparel, both garment manufacturing companies that make highend brand jeans such as True
Religion.
Deputy district attorney Theresa
Mitchell of the Healthcare Fraud
Division is prosecuting the case.
Beginning as early as 2006,
Sung Hyun Kim and Jae Young
Kim, an accountant, are accused
of underreporting $78 million in
payroll to more than a half-dozen
insurance carriers, prosecutors
said.
By not reporting accurate figures, which can also be accomplished by paying employees in
cash, companies avoid paying
mandatory employer contributions for unemployment and disability. Companies pay significantly reduced workers’ compensation premiums when they
underreport the number of
employees and the amounts actually paid, prosecutors added.
In this case, the estimated losses
are roughly $11.7 million. Losses
to the state’s Employment
Development Department for
unpaid employer contributions are
estimated at more than $700,000.
If convicted as charged, Sung
Hyun Kim faces up to 28 years in
state prison; Jae Young Kim faces
a potential 22-year prison term;
and Choi could spend 15 years,
four months behind bars.
TV’s Kim Richards arrested for public intoxication
On April 16 at approximately
1:30 a.m., Beverly Hills Police
Department officers responded to
the Beverly Hills Hotel on a report
of a possible fight.
Hotel security was reporting an
intoxicated female, later determined to be television personality
Kim Richards, causing a disturbance at a hotel restaurant. Hotel
security made multiple requests for
Richards to leave the property, officials said.
While being escorted off the
property, Richards requested to use
the restroom then refused to leave.
Hotel security made a private persons arrest, at which time BHPD
officers entered the restroom and
took Ms. Richards into custody at
2:04 a.m.
Officials said Richards was displaying symptoms of alcohol intoxication including slurred speech
and belligerent insolent behavior,
cursing at the officers and passively
resisted arrest. After being transported to the station for booking,
Richards kicked one of the officers
in the leg. The officer was not
injured.
Richards was released at approximately 10:36 a.m. and was issued a
citation charging her with public
intoxication, trespassing, resisting
an officer and battery on a police
officer. Richards is due to appear at
Los Angeles County Superior
Court on May 10.
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Festival celebrates rail culture this weekend
photo courtesy of CHLA
Current CHLA patient Josie Hull and former patients Johnny
Hoffman and Andrea Edoria enjoy a moment with CHLA president
and CEO Richard Cordova during the dedication of the Margie and
Robert E. Petersen Foundation Rehabilitation Center.
New rehabilitation center
opens on CHLA campus
Children’s Hospital Los
Angeles (CHLA) announced
Thursday the grand opening and
dedication of the Margie and
Robert E. Petersen Foundation
Rehabilitation Center honoring
the couple’s two late sons, Bobby
and Richie Petersen, who died in
a 1975 plane crash. Late last
month, patients and staff moved
in to the new 22,000-square-foot,
safari-themed facility.
“Our rehabilitation unit serves
approximately 200 patients each
year. This tremendous state-ofthe-art facility will not only allow
us to serve more patients, but we
can now care for our patients
with the healing environment
they deserve and provide our
staff with the therapeutic amenities to match the excellent level
of the care they provide,” CHLA
president and CEO Richard D.
Cordova said.
The Margie and Robert E.
Petersen Foundation donated $5
million to support the hospital’s
mission of delivering innovative
patient care. To advance the hospital’s efforts to secure community funds to complete construction
of the new rehabilitation center,
the foundation also pledged a
dollar-for-dollar match — up to
$3.5 million — on all donations
made to support the center’s
completion through Dec. 31,
2016.
“The opening of the Margie
and Robert E. Petersen
Foundation Rehabilitation Center
is the realization of Margie and
Robert’s desire to help children
overcome devastating illnesses
and accidents so they can get
back to their families and do the
things they love to do,” said GiGi
Carleton, president of the Margie
and Robert E. Petersen
Foundation.
Significant donations were
also received from The
Associates,
Fundación
TeletónUSA, The Weingart
Foundation,
Walt
Disney
Company, Mr. and Mrs. William
Shatner and the Hollywood
Charity Horse Show, The Elias,
Genevieve and Georgianna Atol
Charitable Trust, Vika Azarenka
and Vika for the Cause, Rhett D.
Beavers, Looking Beyond,
Erling Richard West, Jr. and
Philip A. Turner.
The division of pediatric rehabilitation medicine at CHLA is a
major referral center for challenging cases that cannot be
treated at other Southern
California hospitals, officials
said. The division provides coor-
dinated care through its work
with specialists in medicine,
nursing, physical and occupational therapy, hearing and
speech therapy, social work,
child life and other professional
specialties. The team treats children with diverse diagnoses,
including stroke, brain and spinal
cord injuries, brain tumors, bone
tumors, seizures, spinal disorders
and rheumatologic disorders.
“The sooner a child begins the
coordinated, specialized rehabilitative care offered at Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles, the better
his or her chances are for recovery and a return to a happy and
healthy life. The Margie and
Robert E. Petersen Foundation
Rehabilitation Center will give a
patient access to the latest in
rehabilitative equipment and
care, as well as a family-friendly
space that allows the child’s mind
and soul to thrive,” said Kevan
Craig, chief of the division of
rehabilitative medicine.
The center is one of the largest
acute pediatric rehabilitation centers in the country, CHLA officials said. It has 22 patient beds,
six private rooms, three semiprivate rooms and two medical isolation rooms for patients with
fragile immune systems. Patients
admitted to CHLA’s rehabilitation unit stay anywhere from one
to five months while they receive
intensive therapy. Families often
drive long distances to be with
their child during care, officials
added, so the new facility will
honor a family’s needs for privacy while helping them maximize
their interaction as a family during patients’ recoveries. Every
patient room will include family
sleep areas, a bathroom and
shower, free wireless internet and
the GetWellNetwork, an interactive patient care system developed for pediatric patients and
their families that lets them learn
and play while in the hospital.
In addition, the new 22,000
square-foot facility features the
Fundación
TeletónUSA
Rehabilitation gym, with 1,750
square feet of physical and occupational therapy space, and an
occupational therapy craft room,
a speech therapy room, a recreation therapy room and a child
life playroom. It also includes a
ceiling-mounted transportation
system to help safely move
patients and a kitchen for therapeutic training purposes with
patients and a large common dining area that will encourage communal dining.
Vintage train lovers are invited to
the Santa Clara River Valley
Railroad Historical Society’s annual Rail Festival on Saturday, April
25 and Sunday, April 26 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
The festival is co-Sponsored by
the Fillmore & Western Railway,
and the theme is “Looking Toward
the Future”. Approximately 10,000
visitors are expected at the festival,
which is held in the city of
Fillmore’s Central Park.
Railroad-related activities such
as miniature steam train rides,
“speeder” rides, turntable demonstrations and displays from railroad
related organizations will be held.
Additional attractions include the
famous Frontier Gunfighters,
antique farm equipment demonstrations, vintage tractors, live
music, and arts and craft booths.
One-hour train rides will depart
at 10 and 11:30 a.m., and 1 and
2:30 p.m. A caboose will be added
to provide a unique and rare opportunity for the public ride.
Additionally, the Fillmore &
Western Railway’s western-themed
“Family Comedy Murder Mystery
photo courtesy of Fillmore & Western Railway
Dinner Train” will run on Saturday,
April 25. Reservations are required.
The historical society will also
open its 1956 Union Pacific
Pullman Sleeping Car to the public.
The car, designated by Union
Pacific as “#1205 the National
Embassy”, is one of only 12 flatsided aluminum “Embassy” cars
built for the Union Pacific
Railroad. The interior is untouched
and virtually original in every
detail. The society’s Railroad
Visitor Center will also be open.
Visitors can enjoy food booths,
including the society’s Locomotive
Tri-Tip Bar-B-Que. Admission to
the festival and parking is free.
Fillmore is located on Highway
126 between Interstate 5 near
Magic Mountain and the 101
Freeway in Ventura. For information, visit www.scrvrhs.com or
www.fwry.com.
New York’s Shake Shack coming soon to Weho
West Hollywood will receive the
first Shake Shack in California,
slated to open in 2016. The restaurant will be located at the corner of
Santa Monica Boulevard and West
Knoll Drive, one block west of La
Cienega Boulevard.
Shake Shack is a popular burger
restaurant that first opened in New
York City at Madison Square Park.
Representatives said it is most
known for its 100 percent all-natural, antibiotic-free Angus beef burgers (no hormones added), griddled-
crisp flat-top dogs, fresh-made
frozen custard and crinkle cut fries.
“We’ve heard from our West
Coast fans for years that they’d
love a Shake Shack in California,
and at long last, we’re delighted to
say Shake Shack L.A. is on its
way,” Shake Shack CEO Randy
Garutti said in a statement. “Los
Angeles is one of the greatest cities
in the world with a culture like no
other, and we look forward to being
a part of the community.”
The West Hollywood Shake
Shack, located at 8520 Santa
Monica Blvd., will have dedicated
parking and a large outdoor patio.
The freestanding building will be
designed by Michael Hsu Office of
Architecture. In keeping with
Shake Shack’s commitment to
green architecture and eco-friendly
construction, representatives said,
the new location will incorporate a
variety of recycled and sustainable
materials and features energy-efficient kitchen equipment and lighting.
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Crossword Puzzle by Myles Mellor
Across
1. Cast-of-thousands film
5. Old weapon
9. The “N” of U.S.N.A.
14. “My ___” (Chuck Berry hit)
16. “Fear of Flying” author Jong
17. Biblical foes
19. Santa ___, Calif.
20. Compete
21. Red-white-and-blue inits.
22. Stonecrop plant
24. Flabbergast
29. Expend
30. Style
31. Caviar
32. Tally
35. Eager
36. Prefix with graph
37. Grimm duo?
40. Add to the pot
41. Slangy pronoun
42. Cobbler’s stock
43. Kind of approval
44. Stridex target
45. Ford Explorer, e.g.
46. Fertilize
48. Finale
51. Chit
52. Ball
53. “___ we there yet?”
55. Big top pair
61. Music genre
62. Magnet
63. Perfume
64. “Hey, there!”
65. Practice in the ring
Down
1. Mythology anthology
2. Elton John’s medium
3. Fe/Ni alloy
4. Special effects: (abbr.)
5. “Seinfeld” pal
6. Durable wood
7. Conclusion
8. Pudding ingredient
9. Wrestling hold
10. Suffix with sect
11. Through
12. Behave
13. “Well, ___-di-dah!”
15. Heeder
18. Trip to a museum, e.g.
23. Prize money
24. Ways
25. Beginnings
26. Angry
27. The New Yorker cartoonist
Edward
28. Makes better
32. Mine passage
33. “No problem”
34. Coming up
35. Unstable mesons
36. Sore spot
38. Hall
39. Dances
44. Fire up
45. Cold dessert
47. Feasts
49. Lively dance
50. Concert site
52. Chances
54. Ogler
55. World Service provider
56. Bass, e.g.
57. Score
58. Mont Blanc, e.g.
59. Rebuffs
See Page 22
60. “___ magic!”
Stars support art advocacy
Stars of television, film, music,
theater and fine art will come
together to support arts advocacy
and education at the Hollywood
Arts Council’s 29th annual Charlie
Awards on May 1 at 11:30 a.m. at
the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Scheduled to appear at the event
are Marcus Scribner (“Black-ish”),
Candice Patton (“The Flash”),
Raphael Sbarge (“Once Upon a
Time”), founding director of
Emerson College L.A. Kevin
Bright, Los Angeles City
Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, 13th
District, and many others.
“Like Hollywood
itself, the council
is experiencing a
resurgence, with
leadership
welcoming new
engaged and
dedicated trustees
to our board.”
-David Warren,
chair of the Hollywood Arts
Council
“It’s a very exciting time for the
Hollywood Arts Council,” said
David Warren, chair of the
Hollywood Arts Council. “Like
Hollywood itself, the council is
experiencing a resurgence, with
leadership welcoming new engaged
and dedicated trustees to our board.
The Charlie Awards is a celebration
of our partnerships with those who
WeHo hosts leadership conference
LACMA celebrates its
50th anniversary
The 9th annual “West Hollywood
Women’s Leadership Conferenc:
Knowledge.Power.Community.”
will run from Friday, May 1
through Sunday, May 3.The conference provides tools and support for
women to become successful leaders in their private lives, business
and the community. This year’s
conference offers expanded programming over three days.
It starts with a breakfast titled
“Getting to Next: Advancing
Successfully in Your Career or
Business” on Friday, May 1 from 8
to 10 a.m. in the West Hollywood
City Council Chambers 625 N. San
Vicente Blvd. Suggested donation
is $10. The official free kick-off
event for the conference will be
held on Friday, May 1 from 5 to 7
p.m. in the Pacific Design Center’s
Silver Screen Theatre, 8687
Melrose Ave. Participants can join
the West Hollywood City Council
and guest speakers such as attorney
and women’s rights advocate
Sandra Fluke at the event. An
exclusive screening of “The
Hunting Ground”, by Academy
Award-nominated
filmmakers
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, will
be held.
The film is an exposé of sexual
assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the social toll
on victims and their families.
The conference continues on
May from 9 to 5 p.m. with leadership panels and workshops in West
Hollywood Park, 625 N. San
Vicente Blvd.
The event includes a continental
breakfast, speakers, informative
panels, expert-led trainings, an
exhibitor area and keynote luncheon. Advance tickets are $35.
The conference resumes on
Sunday, May 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. in
the City Council Chambers, 625 N.
San Vicente Blvd. A free screening
will be held of “She’s Beautiful
When’ She’s Angry”, focusing on
the founders of the modern
women’s movement from 1966 to
1971, including the founding of the
National Organization for Women
(NOW).
Chitra Panjabi, vice president of
membership for NOW, will give
the keynote speech. A panel discussion with women rights advocates
will also be held, followed by a special “Call to Action” reception. For
information, call (323) 848-6460,
or email wlc@weho.org.
Dodgers claim pitcher Daniel Corcino
A photograph in the Feb. 23, 1978 issue of the Park Labrea News
showed large lines of people during the opening week of the “Treasures
of Tutankhamen” exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The landmark exhibit ran from February to June that year, and more
than 1.3 million people viewed the Egyptian treasures, according to an
accompanying article. This week, LACMA launched its “50 for 50”
exhibit, which celebrates the museum 50th anniversary through gifted
art. For information, see page 1.
The Los Angeles Dodgers recently claimed right-handed pitcher
Daniel Corcino from Cincinnati
and designated left-handed pitcher
Ryan Dennick for assignment.
Corcino, 24, has gone 45-52 with
a 4.13 ERA in 168 career minor
league games (116 starts) in the
Cincinnati organization and saw his
first Major League action last year,
appearing in five games (three
demonstrate a commitment to the
arts in our community, and I am
looking forward to what the future
holds for Hollywood.”
The honorees are Technicolor,
Sunset Sound & Sound Factory,
Sacred Fools Theatre, Emerson
College Los Angeles, American
Academy of Dramatic Arts,
Roschen Van Cleve Architects and
Michael Kohn Gallery. KABC-TV
entertainment reporter George
Pennacchio will serve as master of
ceremonies. In addition to arts
advocacy projects and initiatives,
the Hollywood Arts Council offers
community based programs including Project SOAR (Students
Overcoming All Risks), free professionally led performing and
visual arts workshops at schools,
and the annual Children’s Festival
of the Arts, a free celebration of art
from around the world.
Tickets are $100 and include a
catered lunch. The Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel is located at 7000
Hollywood Blvd.
For information, call (323)4622355, or visit www.hollywoodartscouncil.org.
starts) with the Reds.
Corcino opened the 2015 season
with Double-A Pensacola, tossing a
scoreless inning of relief in his only
outing. He has gone 27-31 with 18
saves and a 3.88 ERA in 210 career
minor league games (26 starts) in
seven seasons and saw his first big
league action last season with
Cincinnati, appearing in eight
games.
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‘Ex Machina’ redeems the A.I. subgenre
Flashy science fiction shows off
the latest visual achievements in
CGI.
Good science fiction challenges
contemporary notions about technological advancement, human
potential or the changing role of
humanity.
Great science fiction does it all.
“Ex Machina” doesn’t change
the game, but it’s a refreshing
reminder that great stories can still
happen amid a sea of stagnation.
Remember “Under the Skin”,
that wacky, indie flick in which
Scarlet Johansson plays a dudeseducing killer alien?
I loathed that film — it was
almost as pretentious and self-serving as Terrance Malick’s “Tree of
Life” (I know, shots fired, but I
stand by my truth bombs).
Anyway, “Under the Skin” had
such potential to be a fascinating
exploration.
It wanted to ponder what it’s like
to live under the skin of something
foreign, literally otherworldly.
“Ex Machina” is everything
“Under the Skin” failed to be: visually compelling, subtle and perplexing to the last minute.
You’ve heard this premise
before. A Steve Jobs-type innovator, Nathan (Oscar Isaac), creates
artificial intelligence, and he
invites
programmer
Caleb
(Domhnall Gleeson) to perform the
Turing Test, a way of determining
if a machine can pass for being
human.
Meet Ava (Alicia Vikander).
Only her face, hands and feet have
skin, but she’s a remarkably
human synthetic.
Caleb is immediately enamored
with her.
But let’s not forget the bad blood
between Ava and her creator.
Creator and creation always seem
to share mutual disdain.
It worked well for the titans and
the gods, and “Ex Machina” doesn’t mess with the classic formula.
Expect tension between maker and
made.
“Ex Machina” doesn’t work at
all without the vision of Alex
Garland.
You might not recognize the
name, but his screenwriting credits
demand your attention: “The
Beach”, “28 Days Later”,
“Sunshine” and even, “Dredd” (I
initially feigned indifference for
this movie, but it actually holds up
quite well).
His directorial premiere is modest in scope, but grandiose in execution.
But unlike his small handful of
screenplays, his directorial debut is
much slower.
Don’t expect a thriller.
This one’s all about the slow
burn.
You might even know where it’s
all headed, but that’s hardly the
point.
Garland presents his take on A.I.
Before him, we had HAL 9000,
Skynet, the Sentinels and so many
Jewish film festival returns to L.A.
The 10th annual Los Angeles
Jewish Film Festival will open on
April 30 with the documentary
showing of “The Outrageous
Sophie Tucker”.
The opening night gala takes
places at the Saban Theatre located
at 8440 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly
Hills.
Tickets are on sale for $40 general admission at lajfilmfest.org.
The film festival will run through
May 7.
Since 2006, the Los Angeles
Jewish Film Festival has been
screening films that highlight the
diversity and universality of Jewish
values.
Films range from investigating
political issues, such as Palestinian
and Israeli conflict, to the cultural
mixing of the Jewish people in
Mexico and throughout the world.
For 2015, some of the films
include, “Frank vs. God”, “The
Divorce”, “The Art Dealer”,
“Wandering
Rabbi/Life
&
Hummus” and “Belle and
Sebastian.” The closing night will
feature “Prisoners of War” at the
Arclight Cinemas in Sherman
Oaks.
“Frank v. God” is a comedy
about a former lawyer who serves
God with a lawsuit.
For a complete list of films, visit
lajfilmfest.org/2015-screeningschedule.
more.
I can’t even fault Spielberg’s
“A.I. Artificial Intelligence”; I
rather enjoyed what it attempted.
“Ex Machina” hardly goes
where no one has gone before, but
it fruitfully contributes to a fun yet
under utilized subgenre and the
study of consciousness.
As a film, I’m sure “Ex
Machina” will bore most filmgoers.
“As a film, I’m sure
‘Ex Machina’ will
bore most
filmgoers. But as a
lecture on
philosophy and
new media, it
might be more
effective than
your average,
elbow pad-donning
lecturer.”
But as a lecture on philosophy
and new media, it might be more
effective than your average, elbow
pad-donning lecturer.
I normally abhor long, preachy
dialogues that over-explain things.
Film, after all, is a visual medium
more suited to showing not telling.
But the lengthy conversations
between Nathan and Caleb prove
photo courtesy of A24 Films
Alicia Vikander stars as Ava in “Ex Machina”.
far more fascinating.
They’re expository without succumbing to condescending.
Ever heard of big data? It’s the
reason an ad for your old college
might randomly pop up on a website.
It’s not a coincidence.
Search engines create customized algorithms based on your
unique browser history.
For Nathan, those searches
aren’t just fodder for online marketing companies; they’re the key
to consciousness.
We reveal so much to those
pesky devices, and Nathan taps
into those random ones and zeros
to actualize a tin can. Ava isn’t a
static program; she’s the accumulated preferences and curiosity or
the Internet age.
That’s a new take on A.I. — one
worthy of canonization.
And how could I leave out composers Geoff Barrow and Ben
Salisbury, who establish such a
memorable mood throughout the
film.
Akin to “Gravity”, the music
accentuates some scenes and completely reevaluates how anyone
should approach others.
As technological achievements
continue to grow, A.I. films will
continue to remain relevant.
Sure, the occasional “Chappie”
might appear to insult the good
ones, but an “Ex Machina” will
always be close behind, watching,
waiting, ready to warn us that the
future isn’t always bright, but riddled with enigma around every
brave new world.
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18 April 23, 2015
Wilshire Warriors weekend round-up
13U Warriors
The 13U Warriors recorded 10 hits in
a 12-0 shutout of PBA Encino last
Sunday. Stellar pitching from Brian
Harley and Esdras Solorzano combined
to allow only one hit over four innings.
Offensive
highlights
included
Solorzano going two-for-two, and Yood
Howard also going two-for-two with a
double. Seth Zermeno continued to
shine at shortstop.
12U Warrirors
Warriors 12U brought home the
Championship Trophy in the Big
League Field of Dreams Spring
Tournament. They went 4 and 0 over
the weekend, besting teams from the
Inland Empire, The Valley and Arizona.
Game one resulted in a 14 to 5, Mercy
Rule victory with Pitcher, Shawn Joo
striking out 4 batters in only two
innings and going 3 for 3 at the plate.
Alexander Saul pitched the last three
innings, holding them to only three
runs. Saul also went 2 for 3 with an
RBI double in the seven-run fifth
inning. Kai Moran hit another home
run and walked twice. Leadoff man,
Boon Fay was 2 for 2 with a walk and
a sacrifice fly and Jake Miller went 2
for 3 with a Triple. In game two, The
Warriors took a 6 to 1 lead into the bottom of the fourth, when ATP battled
back to get three runs, cutting the lead
to two. The Warriors made the most of
their half of the inning by scoring 2 runs
on two walks by Aidan Khare and Kai
Moran, 3 stolen bases and two clutch
sacrifice bunts by Shawn Joo and
Kenneth Chung. As the number two
seed, The Warriors needed to win two
on Sunday to bring home the Trophy.
Game one featured a rematch with ATP
where Aidan Khare allowed 4 runs and
struck out seven over three innings.
Teagan Disharoon finished ATP off
with two innings of great pitching,
allowing no runs and finishing the
game with a 6-pitch inning. Kai Moran
went 2 for 3 and scored twice. Jake
Miller, Ava Yood Howard and Teagan
Disharoon all singled and scored. In the
Championship game, Warriors faced
the #1 seed, Inland Empire Rough
Riders. The Warriors only needed one
run, which came in the third inning
after Yood Howard walked, she stole
second and third on two pitches and
then clutch-hitter Boon Fay smoked
single to center to bring her home.
11U Warriors Blue Team
Warriors 11U Blue (7-2-1) beat
ASAP 10-0 in Mid-Valley League play
last Sunday in a game in which a quarter of the team was absent because they
were playing in a tournament with the
12U Warriors. The 11U Warriors Team
recorded 13 hits, three of them doubles,
with no errors and a very efficient 39
pitches thrown over four innings. Right
fielder Cole Quigley led the run production with two doubles, four RBIs
and two runs. Pitcher/outfielder Connor
Rice went three-for-three, and third
baseman Joey Wetherbee, catcher
Braden Lowe and shortstop Aidan
Forte each had two hits. At shortstop,
Forte stole two hits from ASAP. Rice
recorded the win on the mound, with
reliever Will Richardson getting the
save in a combined one-hitter.
10U Warriors Blue Team
The Warriors suffered a tough 2-0
loss to the Dirtbags — the 2014 Pony
National Champions — in a MidValley League game last Sunday.
Pitcher Tanner Mahon struck out seven
batters and give up three hits over three
shutout innings. T.K. Overhauser got
the win in relief for the Dirtbags.
Overhauser pitched two-and-two-thirds
innings and allowed no runs. Pitcher
Diego Marin also took to the mound for
the Warrior 10U Blue Team, taking the
loss. He lasted two-and-two-thirds
innings, walked two and struck out one
batter, and allowed two runs on four
hits. Pitcher Jonah Henry came in and
struck out the side in three pitches with
two players in scoring position.
10U Warriors Orange Team
After going down two runs in the top
of the first inning, the Warriors 10U
Orange team exploded for six firstinning runs and held on for a 7-6 win
over the S.O. Vipers last Sunday at
VCAA field. It was the team’s first victory of the season. The Warriors 10U
Orange Team scored in the first inning
on three passed balls, an error and an
RBI single by Jake Pace. The S.O.
Vipers scored on two RBI singles in the
second inning and a passed ball, and an
RBI single in the fourth inning. The
Warriors would not relinquish the lead
as the S.O. Vipers were unable to overcome the four-run first inning deficit.
Excellent base running kept the
Warriors in scoring position with Carter
Hampson and Zander Meyerson each
having two stolen bases. Hampson had
two hits to lead the team, and Jake Pace
and Aron Jung both slugged RBIs. The
pitching of Max Kim, Aron Jung,
Hampson and Meyerson kept the
Vipers from rallying back as they
sealed the victory by one run.
9U Warriors Blue Team
The 9U Warriors suffered a tough
loss against the So-Cal Beast by a score
of 11-10 in a close Mid-Valley League
contest last Sunday. The Warriors (3-3)
came out swinging and put up six runs
on The Beast in the first inning, with
big hits from Joseph Norris, Devin
Aure, Ben Eisendrath and Emmett
Showers. Luther Tostrud made two
dazzling catches at shortstop, and
Graham Turner pitched two solid
innings. But The Beast clawed their
way back and took an 11-10 lead in the
photo courtesy of Chad Saul
(Left to right) bottom row: Vinnie Weiss, Ava Yood-Howard, Jake Miller,
Boon Fay, Alexander Saul and Teagan Disharoon. Top row: Chad Saul,
Scott Disharoon, Joey Light Rake, Shawn Joo, Aidan Khare, Kai Moran,
Jackson Benattar, Kenneth Chung and Matt Magallon.
fifth inning. With the clock ticking and
Ty Malloy pitching a shutout inning,
the umpire called the game with two
outs due to time restraints. Warriors
Coach Dave “Boomer” Evans is looking forward to next week’s Mid-Valley
League re-match against the Terror,
who handed the Warriors their first lost.
9U Warriors Orange Team
The first-year Warriors 9U Orange
team (0-5) are suffering through a predictably tough first year of Mid-Valley
League play, but were heartened to be
neck-in-neck with a score of 2-2 after
two innings last Sunday against one of
the Mid-Valley League’s superior
teams, Toluca Lake’s Thunder.
Ultimately, a disastrous seven-run third
inning led to an eventual 18-4 loss. But
the strong start, led by the baffling
pitching of starter Cutter East, represented a definite sign of improvement
for the developing club. East allowed
no earned runs, with the Warriors sur-
viving a three-error second inning with
a catch out of left field by Shane Rice,
who then doubled up a runner at second
base. Luca Ruggiero and Samuel Hahn
continue to put their stamps on the
respective shortstop and third base
positions for the Warriors, while Reece
Frankel is providing Orange stability at
catcher, making a great catch of a foul
ball in the fourth inning, and holding
numerous Thunder runners at bay.
8U Warriors
The Warriors fell to 0-5 with a tough
14-8 loss to PBA. All four 8U Warrior
pitchers (Jackson Eisenhauer, Edward
Maxam, Matthew Hoegee and Beckett
Hutchens) had strong outings.
However, some defensive miscues led
to PBA’s runs. On offense, the Warriors
pounded the ball, with Chase Landa,
Jack Laffitte, Nate Severy and Declan
O’Malley delivering clutch hits, and
Edward Maxam launching a bomb to
deep right field.
Guests can adopt pets at the La Brea Tar Pits
Life of sitar player displayed
Best Friends Animal Society is
holding its NKLA Adoption
Weekend on Saturday, May 2 and
Sunday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. at the George C. Page
Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Held in collaboration with
PetSmart Charities, it is one of two
pet adoption events Best Friends
Animal Society holds yearly.
On what would have been
renowned sitar player and Beatles
inspiration Ravi Shankar’s 95th
birthday, the Grammy Museum
recently announce it will debut its
latest exhibit, “Ravi Shankar: A
Life In Music”, on Wednesday,
April 29. The exhibit will mark the
first in the United States to celebrate India’s most esteemed musician.Through a collection of sitars,
artifacts and rare photographs from
the Shankar family, the exhibit will
provide visitors with a one-of-akind glimpse into the Grammywinning world music icon’s early
life, the roots of his musicality and
his vast impact on Western music.
“Shankar is as synonymous to
world music as Elvis Presley is to
rock and roll,” said Grammy
Museum executive director Bob
Santelli.
On display on the museum’s
“The sad truth is
that 9,000 dogs
and cats are killed
in U.S. shelters
every day. Best
Friends Animal
Society believes
that number
should be zero
and adoption is a
key component to
making that
happen.”
-Marc Peralta
executive director
Best Friends Animal Society
– Los Angeles
Best Friends Animal Society is
the only national animal welfare
organization focused on ending the
killing of shelter pets.
In Los Angeles, Best Friends is
leading the NKLA (No-Kill Los
Angeles) initiative, which aims to
transform L.A. into the nation’s
largest “No-Kill City.”
More than 1,000 pets will be
photo courtesy of Best Friends Animal Society
On Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 guests will be able to adopt a
pet at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.
available at the NKLA Adoption
Weekend, with adoption fees starting at $50.
All pets are spayed or neutered,
vaccinated and micro-chipped, and
adopters will receive a bag filled
with toys, treats, coupons and
more.
“Any Angeleno who is looking
to adopt should check out the
NKLA Adoption Weekend. From
playful pups and cute kittens to
super sweet seniors, it’s the perfect
venue to find your new best
friend,” Best Friends Animal
Society – Los Angeles executive
director Marc Peralta said.
“You can even bring your dog
along to meet potential canine siblings at the event.”
The family-friendly NKLA
adoption weekends are free, and
feature adoptable pets from more
than 50 local shelters and rescues.
Numerous celebrity supporters
will entertain, and guests can enjoy
cuisine from food trucks.
Peralta is hoping for a record
turnout and number of adoptions at
NKLA Adoption Weekend.
“The sad truth is that 9,000 dogs
and cats are killed in U.S. shelters
every day. Best Friends Animal
Society believes that number
should be zero and adoption is a
key component to making that
happen,” Peralta added. “It’s only
by working together that we will
Save Them All and turn LA into
NKLA.”
The George C. Page Museum of
La Brea Tar Pits is located at 5801
Wilshire Blvd. For information,
visit www.nkla.org/events.
fourth floor, the exhibit will feature
a collection of sitars played by
Shankar, including one from the
1930s, Shankar’s Grammy Awards,
including the 1972 Album Of The
Year trophy for The Concert For
Bangladesh, performance attire,
including
outfits
worn
at
Woodstock in 1969 and the Concert
for Bangladesh, the performance
box from Shankar’s final concert in
2012, rare photographs from the
Shankar family collection, handwritten letters and music ideas and
more.
“The upcoming Ravi Shankar
exhibition will be a privileged
glimpse into a life dedicated to, and
consumed by, Indian classical
music, not only played on sitar, but
through all forms of instruments,
voice and dance,” said Olivia
Harrison, wife of the late Beatles
member George Harrison.
World of Children honors philanthropy
World of Children Award, a global
recognition and funding organization
serving the needs of children is holding
its inaugural 2015 Alumni Honors
event on Thursday, April 30 at Il Cielo
in Beverly Hills.
Television host and actress Brooke
Burke-Charvet will serve as master of
ceremonies. Since 1998, World of
Children Award has identified individuals who create proven, sustainable programs for children, and awards grants
to advance their work at an annual
awards ceremony.
For the first time since the inception
of the World of Children Awards, the
organization will host an event in
Beverly Hills commemorating past
honorees who have continued their
extraordinary efforts.
The honorees include Jessica
Markowitz (2009 World of Children
Youth Honoree) of Richard’s Rwanda
IMPUHWE, which educates girls in
Rwanda; Triveni Acharya (2013 World
of Children Humanitarian Honoree), of
the Rescue Foundation, which rescues
trafficked girls from brothels in India;
and Dr. Ricardo Bennun (2007 Health
Honoree), of Asociación PIEL, which
provides surgery for children with
facial deformities in Argentina.
A cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m.,
program and dinner starts at 7 p.m. Il
Cielo is located at 9018 Burton Way,
Beverly Hills. Tickets are $500. For
information, visit www.worldofchildren.org.
Park Labrea News/Beverly Press
‘Pac-Can’ wins at
Canstruction LA
photo courtesy of Tom Bonner photography
Early 1980s nostalgia won the day at Canstruction LA 2015
Presented by Goya Foods.
“Pac-Can” — a three-dimensional rendition of Ms. Pac-Man chasing
ghosts made by architecture firm Steinberg out of 5,740 cans of
food — won both Juror’s Favorite and People’s Choice awards. It
joined nine other structures created by Los Angeles architects,
designers, contractors and engineers, which together totaled
44,032 cans of nutritious food that was donated to the Los Angeles
Regional Food Bank.
The structures were recently on view at the Farmers & Merchants
Bank Building in downtown L.A., and were a featured part of downtown L.A. Art Walk.
A jury of architecture, media and culinary experts judged the structures, naming the Juror’s Favorite, Best Use of Labels, Best Meal
and Structural Ingenuity, as well as an Honorable Mention. Jurors
were: Mary Melton, editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Magazine; David
Montalba, the American Institute of Architects, principal of Montalba
Architects, Inc., and Chef Ray Garcia, of Broken Spanish and BS
Taqueria fame.
The winning Canstruction LA structures will compete against other
regional winners for the National Canstruction Awards.
“The Foodbank is grateful for the design community’s support,” said
Michael Flood, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Regional
Food Bank.
“This creative architectural display offers something for the local
community to enjoy while they help us end hunger here in Los
Angeles.”
For more information or to get involved, visit www.lafoodbank.org.
19 April 23, 2015
Glamour Gowns gives clothing to foster youth
Free prom dresses, suits, shoes
and accessories were provided on
April 18 to approximately 600 girls
and boys in foster care during
“Glamour Gowns 2015” at the Los
Angeles Convention Center.
The clothing was donated by
apparel companies, and representatives of local entertainment unions
assisted recipients with hair, makeup and fitting.
Glamour Gowns collects donated
apparel and produces the event, in
conjunction with nonprofit Court
Appointed
Special
Services
(CASA) of Los Angeles.
Pictured at the event are CASA
volunteer Kathy Barrett Johnson
helping foster youth Rachel Ortiz
with dress selection.
More than 30,000 children are
under the jurisdiction of the dependency court in Los Angeles County
and more than 18,000 live in foster
care.
Financial circumstances often do
not allow for “non-essential” yet
important items such as prom
dresses, suits and attire for formal
dances, which are provided through
Glamour Gowns.
For
information,
visit
www.casala.org/glamour-gowns.
Exhibition retraces causes of the Civil War
Beginning April 25 through Jan.
3, 2016, the first major museum
exhibition to illuminate the causes
and legacies of the American Civil
War from the vantage point of
Westward expansion, “Empire and
Liberty” will open at The Autry
National Center of the American
West.
Visitors are invited to explore the
conflicts and connections of a
growing nation through an astonishing array of more than 200 significant artifacts, including Texas
slave sale documents, Andrés
Pico’s war drum, the battle flag carried by soldiers of the California
Hundred, a Buffalo Soldier’s
revolver and Cherokee General
Stand Watie’s bowie knife.
This exhibition shows how the
Civil War was more than a clash
between the North and South; it
was part of a history of debate over
how America would expand, and
Musical recaptures the magic of Motown
The Hollywood Pantages
Theatre presents “Motown the
Musical” Thursday, April 28
through June 7.
“Motown the Musical” tells the
true story of how the musical
genre and historic movement was
founded.
The musical re-tells the story of
the founder of Motown’s sound
and the record company Motown
Records, Berry Gordy, in Detroit,
Mich. in 1959. The musical is
based on the Gordy’s book, “To
Be Loved: The Music, The Magic,
The Memories of Motown”.
Like the historical musical
scene, “Motown the Musical” will
also feature performances from
some of the hits such as “My
Girl”, “Ain’t No Mountain High
Enough” and “What’s Going On”.
Julius Thomas III and Allison
Semmes will star in the leading
roles of Berry Gordy and Diana
Ross.
Nicholas Christopher will
appear as Smokey Robinson and
Jarran Muse will star as Marvin
Gaye. Leon Outlaw, Jr. and Reed
L. Shannon will appear sa the boyhood versions of Gordy, Michael
Jackson and Stevie Wonder.
The musical is directed by
Charles Randolph-Wright, director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
play “Ruined”, and author of the
plays “Blue”, “Cuttin’ Up” and his
photo by Denise Malone, CASA/LA
Glamour Gowns provided apparel and accessories to approximately 600
girls and boys in foster care.
photo courtesy of the Autry National Center of the American West
The Fremont Flag is one of several exhibits featured at the Autry National
Center of the American West beginning April 25 through Jan. 3.
who, within that expanding nation,
might claim freedom.
The Autry is located at 4700
Western Heritage Way.
Parking is free. The museum and
store hours are from Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. through 4
p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.
through 5:00 p.m.
Museum admission is $10 for
adults, $6 for students and seniors
60+, $4 for children ages 3 to 12
and free for Autry members, veterans and children age 2 and under.
Admission is free on the second
Tuesday of every month.
For
information,
visit
TheAutry.org.
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“Motown The Musical” will run
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20 April 23, 2015
Candidates debate issues as election nears
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ished my internship at the United
Nations and was preparing to leave
for a Peace Corps posting in
Africa. As a result, I had to wait
out the wheels of justice and gave
up my chance to serve in the Peace
Corps. However, I have long since
put this behind me. I don’t believe
there was any malicious intent, and
I have not seen nor spoken to the
other parties for many years, and I
don’t think it’s appropriate to disrupt their lives just because I’ve
chosen to run for public office.”
Opponent Carolyn Ramsay’s
campaign declined to comment on
the charge.
At the debate on Tuesday night
co-hosted by the Mount Olympus
Property Owners Association and
Laurel Canyon Association, the
dismissed charges did not come
up, and Ryu and Ramsay instead
sparred over issues dominating the
Hollywood Hills.
Both candidates said they supported the hillside communities
inclusion in the city’s Interim
Control Ordinance, which was put
in place to stop mansionization
until the city reforms its Baseline
Mansionization Ordinance. They
also agreed that the 8150 Sunset
project should be reduced in scale.
Ryu said his top priorities for the
area are to protect the hillside from
overdevelopment, protect the
wildlife corridor and provide better access to the 4th District
Council Office.
Ramsay said she would prioritize acquiring more land for open
space, protecting the hillside from
the threat of fires and preserving
the neighborhoods’ character.
Ryu’s announcement that he was
refusing developer money and his
vow to create a community task
force to deal with discretionary
spending dominated the debate
held by the Beachwood Canyon
Neighborhood Association last
Thursday
A root-pruning question started
a
back-and-forth
exchange
between the candidates regarding
council district discretionary funding. Ryu said he would use discre-
tionary funding to eliminate the
problem, and trumpeted his pledge
for transparency and a task force
overseeing the money.
“All of my discretionary funds
are going to be on my website and
clearly delineated,” Ramsay said.
“It will be spent on community
projects.”
She added that it was important
to invest in neighborhood-building
projects that work environmentally
with the character of the local
community — the installation of
decomposed granite sidewalks,
root pruning and greener storm
drain systems.
“I’m glad to see my opponent
has followed our lead,” Ryu countered. “It’s not just about showing
where the money is going.”
Ryu said his task force would
have an important voice when he
prioritized how to spend that
money. He also noted that through
his campaign’s research, they have
found that there is less than $1 million for salaries and approximately
$1.6 million in “slush funds” from
a variety of sources.
“It’s all about you (the community) telling me how your tax dollars will be spent,” he said.
Ramsay said her experience
working as the former chief of
staff for termed-out Councilman
Tom LaBonge helps her understand how to use the discretionary
funds.
“I know how much money is in
the funds and what they are eligible for,” she said. “I won’t have to
figure that out on day one.”
Ryu countered that “I’m sure
they would love to hear” what the
discretionary amounts are, but
Ramsay said she doesn’t have the
exact numbers currently because
of her absence from the 4th
District Council Office for a year.
She left the office to campaign full
time.
During a question related to the
controversial Millennium Project,
Ryu’s pledge to refuse campaign
contributions from developers also
came up. Ryu said he would work
to open dialogue with the 13th
District Council Office to find a
solution that could work for the
entire community.
“I would oppose the Millennium
Project and really work with the
developer to reduce its density,”
Ramsay said. “The traffic study
alone was very overwhelming.”
In reference to Ryu’s pledge,
Ramsay said, “I hold developers
accountable and I always have.”
She took issue with Ryu’s claim
that he gave back all developer
money, and her campaign handed
out a list of developer names who
they said donated to the Ryu campaign.
“I guess they included real estate
agents and architects,” Ryu countered. “I don’t think a real estate
agent is a developer or an architect
is a developer. Why don’t you just
refuse all developer funds and give
it back and then we’ll be equal?”
Ramsay began reading the
names of her developer list before
the audience told her it was unnecessary to continue.
“There is some good development, but there is too much of it
now,” Ramsay said, adding that
she would protect the district residents by creating a regional traffic
impact fund. Under the plan,
developers from Los Angeles and
surrounding communities such as
West Hollywood, Glendale and
Burbank would be required to pay
into the fund to help mitigate
regional traffic problems their projects might be causing. Ryu said it
was necessary to update the
Hollywood Specific Plan with
changes the community would
support.
Parking and traffic issues were
also brought up frequently.
“I know the last few years have
been very tough on Beachwood,”
Ramsay said. “GPS is driving all
these folks through your neighborhood to get to the Hollywood Sign.
The response wasn’t as quick as it
should have been and I want to
work with you.”
Ramsay touted her work to create a shuttle system in Griffith
Park that takes tourists to a
photo by Jonathan Van Dyke
CD4 candidates David Ryu discusses issues in Beachwood Canyon during a debate held with opponent Carolyn Ramsay.
Hollywood Sign viewing area and
away from the neighborhoods, and
said she would work to expand the
program if elected.
Ryu said he wanted to sit down
with all stakeholders in the area to
come up with real solutions, not
just solutions that move traffic to
the east or west and create problems for adjacent communities.
“It’s a public safety issue first
and foremost,” he added. “It’s not
a tourist issue or a nuisance issue,
it’s a public safety issue.”
For parking in Beachwood, both
candidates said they would consider preferential parking along some
streets, but the overall problem
would have to be examined further.
Ryu warned that preferential
parking might just shift the problem rather than solve it, but he
also said it might be time to force
incoming businesses to add more
parking to help the area as a
requirement to receiving permits.
“I’ll work with you to develop a
deal with Gelson’s [supermarket]
so they can provide parking to the
Upright Citizens Brigade and
other businesses along [Franklin
Avenue] at night when [Gelson’s]
own use is down,” Ramsay said as
a suggestion to solve the issue.
Both candidates said they support a minimum wage increase,
and would examine further pen-
sion reforms.
“The number one thing we need
to do is hold the line,” Ryu said,
noting he would go through the
budget and departments line-byline. “It’s not about cuts, it’s about
not letting our deficit grow.”
Ryu continually emphasized his
willingness to listen to the community, and noted at both forums
that the current mayor was right
in his sentiment of “back to
basics”.
“This election is clear,” he said.
“It’s insider versus outsider, status
quo versus change.”
Ramsay countered that her
experience was an asset.
“I have deep relationships with
folks at all levels of city government,” she said, answering a
question about how she would
stand alone against a city council
residents don’t trust. “Believe me,
people are willing to listen.”
Ryu said it would be impossible
for Ramsay to stand up to the current council, because she owes
them a debt for their endorsements.
“How do you invoke change by
a culture that helped you?” he
asked. “I’m getting there without
their support. I’m getting it from
the community.”
“We both went for all of them,
but I’m the one who got them,”
Ramsay countered.
Councilman celebrates
Zipline plan causes concern in community
achievements of MLB legend
From page 3
Parks. They said there could be a
revenue sharing component with
the department, possibly starting at
20 percent (they estimated $2 to $3
million annually), and they said
they would like to give a $750,000
donation to Runyon Canyon as a
show of good faith.
Under preliminary plans, it
would cost visitors $50 to use the
zip line. Pruitt said they planned to
create a free shuttle system that
would leave from the Hollywood &
Highland Center, which would
move traffic away from neighborhoods, both for people who just
want to hike or people who want to
use the zip line. The maximum
capacity would be 60 riders per
hour (reservation only) and 720 riders during a 12-hour day.
“Zip lining in general, all over
the world, takes place in true
wilderness parks, and is 100 percent green and known for being an
activity that doesn’t disturb the land
or tranquility, but instead enhances
visitors’ ability to enjoy the park in
a new way,” Pruitt said at the meeting.
So far, however, the idea has been
met with dismissal and intense
opposition.
“The Los Angeles Department of
Recreation and Parks is not pursuing the idea of a zip line in
Runyon,” said Rose Watson, department spokesperson. “We are also
not endorsing promoters who are
currently seeking media attention.”
“We squashed the plan,” said
Anastasia Mann, president of
HHWNC, who noted that the vast
majority of the attendees and board
members at the meeting were
against the proposal. “If the concept
were ever to be considered and get
and passed by the HHWNC board,
it would still require an [environmental impact report] and it would
have to go through the bid process.
There’s no guarantee these folks
would even be allowed to bid.”
Friends of Runyon Canyon president John Gile said he believes
Pruitt’s heart was in the right place.
“But it should have never been on
the agenda last week,” Gile added.
“It doesn’t have the support. It was
dead on arrival. They are very well
meaning, but I said, ‘Jeff, don’t
waste your time.’ There is zero
chance of it happening in Runyon.”
photo courtesy of the 4th District Council Office
Shortly after the Dodgers began their 58th season in Los Angeles,
City Councilman Tom LaBonge, 4th District, marked the 13th annual Jackie Robinson Day in council chambers last Wednesday.
Robinson is known for his career with the Dodgers and for his role
in society, breaking Major League Baseball’s color-barrier in 1947.
LaBonge met with Robinson’s relatives Kathy Robinson Young,
Brittni Hamilton, Delano Robinson, Sachi Hamilton, Makarah
Robinson and Pauline McGriff Smith, along with Duke Russell,
founder of Jackie Robinson Day in the Los Angeles.
Volunteers sought for creek clean-up day of service
World Changers Church-Los
Angeles (WCC-Los Angeles) and
Ballona Creek Renaissance are
holding a clean-up event on
Saturday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to
noon, in celebration of Earth Day.
Community members will help
transform areas near Ballona Creek
into a vital habitat for native plants
and animals, and make the area safe
and attractive for joggers, cyclists
and walkers. Members of the pub-
lic are encouraged to participate in
the day of service.
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at
the corner of Centinela Avenue and
Milton Street. For information,
visit www.ballonacreek.org.
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21 April 23, 2015
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Numerous pieces of contemporary art are also included, such as
Andy Warhol’s “Two Marilyns”, an
iconic work from 1962 donated by
trustees Marc and Jane Nathanson.
Visitors to the exhibit in the
Resnick Pavilion will be greeted by
artist DeWain Valentine’s “Red
Concave Circle”, a large translucent colored disc, and David
Hockney’s “The Jugglers”, a presentation of 18 videos shown on 18,
55-inch screens that comprise a single artwork.
Additionally,
artist
Roy
Lichtenstein’s “Interior with
Hanging Tree Lamps” (1991) is
displayed, as are Hockney’s
“Studio Hollywood Hills House”
and
Robert
Rauschenberg’s
“Monday Duck (Urban Bourbon)”.
Sculpture is represented by
Bernini’s “Portrait of a Gentleman”
(c. 1670-75). Numerous photographic works are also displayed
from the Mark and Carolyn
Blackburn Collection representing
photographers such as Thomas
Andrew, A.R. Gurrey Jr. and Arthur
James Isles.
Govan said the exhibit was made
possible by the Nathansons and
trustee and acquisitions committee
chair Lynda Resnick. Longtime
benefactors of LACMA, they gifted numerous artworks, and led the
effort to encourage other museum
trustees and collectors to do the
same.
“My wish is that our gifts
inspired others to make significant
contributions of artwork to the 50th
anniversary as we look to the next
50 years,” Jane Nathanson said.
“This spring marks a momentous
occasion for LACMA, which has
been a cornerstone of Los Angeles’
cultural community for the last five
decades.”
The “50 for 50” exhibit runs
from Sunday, April 26
through Sunday, Sept.
13. It is one of many
events LACMA has
planned in celebration
of its 50th anniversary.
Govan will participate in a free discussion
tonight at 7:30 p.m.
with Neil MacGregor,
director of the British
Museum, in LACMA’s
Bing
Theatre.
MacGregor will discuss
the future of his museum in London and the
expansion of its collections.
Music lovers will
find something to celebrate during the launch
of the museum’s “Jazz
at LACMA” series on
Friday, April 24 at 6
p.m. at the BP Grand
Entrance. The first concert of the season will
be a tribute to legendary
musician
Julian
photo by Edwin Folven
“Cannonball” Adderley.
Andy Warhol’s “Two Marilyns” is among the
Many of Adderley’s
original band members works displayed in LACMA’s “50 for 50” exhibit.
will perform in honor of
ensembles based in Los Angeles.
the museum’s 50th anniversary.
On Sunday, April 26, LACMA General admission tickets are $30;
will hosts its “50th Anniversary $25 for LACMA members.
Govan added that the celebraFree Community Day” as a way of
giving thanks to those who have tions will continue throughout
visited and supported the museum LACMA’s 50th anniversary year,
over the past five decades. and more programming will be
Additionally,
the
museum’s announced later. He added that the
Sundays Live series kicks-off on museum will remain committed to
April 26 at 6 p.m. with a free per- the vision that was created in 1965
formance by the Los Angeles when LACMA first opened its
Symphonic Winds in the Bing doors, and will also keep an eye
toward the future.
Theatre.
“This is a very exciting time,”
On Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30
p.m., the museum presents Govan said. “It’s really a new
“Celebrating Los Angeles”, a per- beginning for us, not just a résumé
formance featuring composers and of what has happened before.”
Nurses hope to keep current schedule
From page 1
shifts for five days a week beginning May 10. The current schedule
is 12-hour shifts, three days a week.
Management did not consult with
the workers beforehand, according
to CNA.
Several nurses and CNA representatives are worried that the new
schedule change will jeopardize
patient safety at the hospital.
Dennis Medina, an RN for the
emergency room at Olympia
Medical Center, said that the new
schedule change will jeopardize
patients’ lives and wellbeing due to
a potential exodus of RNs leaving
and newer, less experienced RNs
coming in.
“This move that the hospital has
done, we feel, causes an issue with
patient safety,” Medina said.
According to Medina, the previous schedule was more efficient
and secured patient wellbeing
because the nurses working with
the patients and doctors directly
reported to the next shift.
However, when the shifts are
reduced to eight hours, it will create
more room for errors and miscommunication that can jeopardize the
patients’ wellbeing, Medina said.
“Just like when you used to play
telephone as kid, the message
changes after three times,” he said.
“Instead of a 12-hour shift with two
shift changes in a day, you turn it
into an eight-hour shift, and you
increase the amount of changes that
occur in the day.”
Alecto Healthcare, an Irvine-
based
healthcare
company,
acquired Olympia Medical Center
early last year. Representatives of
Alecto Healthcare declined to comment on the issue.
Belma Hartono has been an RN
for Olympia Medical Center for
more than 30 years. She believes
the main reason that management is
changing RN schedules is to pressure nurses to quit and acquire
newer RNs, which would be paid
less.
“When Alecto took over the hospital a year ago, they started cutting
costs and they called it ‘efficiency’,” Hartono said. “The obvious
reason is financial.”
According to Hartono, the hospital has been short-staffing nurses in
different units to save money as
part of increasing efficiency.
“That really impacts the health
and safety of the patients,” she said.
Ninety percent of the nurses at
the hospital who have multiple
years of experience may elect to
leave because of the change in
schedule, according to Medina.
Working three 12-hour shifts in
three days has been a standard in
the healthcare industry for nurses,
which most nurses at the hospital
prefer, according to CNA labor representative, Clytie Causing, who
was present at Monday’s rally and
vigil.
“We feel that the hospital is
doing this to get new nurses who
just graduated because they are
paid less,” Causing said.
Nurses tend to work multiple
part-time nursing jobs at various
locations, Causing said, but in the
scheduling change, nurses would
have to dedicate a full-time work
week to only one location —
Olympia Medical Center.
The labor contract between the
nurses union and hospital management, which has to be annually
renewed, was first signed in 2014
and is approximately one year old.
However, the language in the
contract mandates that any new
ownership of Olympia Medical
Center would have to take all
obligations of the contract.
According to Causing, the schedule change is a direct violation of
that agreement.
“Management is very adamant,
saying, ‘We’ve already made up
our mind about the schedule
change.’ They are refusing to listen
to the nurses. We filed a grievance
over several violations of the contract. This is a clear violation of the
entire agreement under job security language,” Causing said.
Additionally, several RNs commute long distances to work at the
medical center, with nurses in San
Diego, Palmdale and San
Bernardino.
“But when they only work three
days a week, it’s OK. But if they
have to come in five days it’s not
fair,” Causing said.
Representatives of Olympia
Medical Center declined to comment on the issue.
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Demonstrators to march to Turkish consulate
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legislation
recognizing
the
Armenian genocide, including
California.
Between the years of 1915 and
1923, approximately 2 million
Armenians were deported from
their homeland, of whom 1.5 million were killed, by the Ottoman
Empire, which was dissolved after
World War I.
Every year on April 24,
Armenian communities around the
world commemorate the date as
“Day of Remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide”.
The
Armenian
Genocide
Centennial Committee Western
USA (AGCC-WUSA) is organizing the march and rally, known as
the March for Justice, in Los
Angeles as part of a national effort.
“This was the first genocide of
the 20th century, which was the catalyst for all of the other genocides,
particularly first and foremost the
Jewish Holocaust. It is commonly
and widely known that when Adolf
Hitler was giving orders to march
against the Jews in Poland, that he
said, ‘After all, who remembers the
annihilation of the Armenians’,”
said March for Justice committee
chair and AGCC-WUSA co-chair
Garo Ghazarian.
Ghazarian, like many Armenian
Americans, is a direct descendant
of survivors of the Armenian geno-
cide. The U.S.-based organization
Near East Relief provided humanitarian aid, which included setting
up refugee camps, orphanages and
delivering basic necessities, to the
Armenian people between 1915
through 1930.
“My paternal grandmother was
saved from the genocide because of
the Near East Relief. So many
Armenians trace our lives to the
efforts of the American people
between 1915 and 1930. That was
in the consciousness of the
American people and today we are
ostensibly stronger,” Ghazarian
said.
“It is embarrassing for me as a
U.S. citizen for my government not
to recognize the Armenian genocide, when [on April 20] Germany
recognized it, as well as Austria. To
suggest that the U.S. does not want
to offend an ally at the expense of
offending the human conscience is
not right,” Ghazarian said.
The commemoration event will
take place on Friday at 10 a.m.
beginning at Sunset Boulevard and
Western Avenue in the neighborhood of Little Armenia. A march
will proceed westbound on Sunset
Boulevard, turn southbound on La
Brea Avenue and then westbound
on Wilshire Boulevard, ending at
the Turkish Consulate at 6300
Wilshire Blvd.
The march will be six miles,
which is approximately 10 kilometers. The 10 kilometers are symbolic, one for each decade of the 100
years since the beginning of the
genocide in 1915, according to
Ghazarian.
The Armenian community and its
leaders will continue to push the
U.S. government to recognize the
genocide, Ghazarian said.
“Obama has chosen against recognizing the Armenian genocide,
and it’s disheartening. He’s breaking his promise to speak the truth
and call it by its name. But what
this does, however, to folks like me
and others is that it strengthens our
resolve until the day comes where
people speak the truth about genocide,” Ghazarian said.
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
represents the state’s 28th
Congressional District, which
includes one of the highest concentrations of the Armenian Diaspora
in Glendale and Little Armenia.
Schiff is the lead sponsor of the
Armenian Genocide Truth and
Justice Resolution, which seeks to
federally recognize the Armenian
genocide, as well as improve relations between Armenia and Turkey.
“I’m deeply discouraged and disheartened by what the administration announced [on April 21]. The
president knows about the facts. He
photo courtesy of Armenian Youth Federation
Thousands of demonstrators gather annually in front of the Turkish
Consulate to protest the government’s refusal to acknowledge the
Armenian genocide.
spoke about it eloquently when he
was a senator. It’s deeply heartbreaking for Armenian families
around the country,” Schiff said.
Today, for a full hour on the
House floor, Schiff read some of
the names of the 1.5 million people
who were killed during the
Armenian genocide. Additionally,
he will be participating in the
March for Justice.
Schiff said although some of his
constituents are heartbroken,
Obama has one last opportunity in
his term to recognize the Armenian
genocide before leaving office in
2016.
Following the White House
announcement, Councilman Paul
Krekorian, 2nd District, released a
public statement condemning both
the Turkish and American government for their refusal to recognized
the Armenian genocide.
“It is especially shameful that our
government yields its own freedom
to a foreign power, especially one
that bears responsibility for one of
the most grotesque examples of
tyranny and oppression in world
history,” Krekorian said in a statement.
Assessor calls for new rules with ‘mobile’ homes Observatory to pay tribute to
Los Angeles County Assessor
Jeffrey Prang testified before the
California
State
Senate
Transportation and Housing
Committee on Senate Bill (SB)
434, which would close a loophole
in property assessment that currently allows a multi-million dollar
structure built upon a mobile home
chassis to be classified as a vehicle
in order to avoid property taxes.
“A new multi-million dollar
home is no longer a vehicle even if
it is built around a pre-existing
mobile home structure,” Prang
said. “Some residents are unfairly
taking advantage of current law in
order to avoid paying property
taxes. I support SB 434 which will
restore fairness back into the system.”
Many older manufactured homes
qualify as vehicles under the law.
As such, they are subject to the
Vehicle License Fee in lieu of local
property tax. This is an important
John Wayne Cancer institute
honors supporters
benefit to those manufactured home
owners who may be on a fixed
income — the Vehicle License Fee
is typically quite low, less than
$100 per year, officials said.
Unfortunately, this benefit is
being abused, Prang said, and
homes subject to the Vehicle
License Fee have been purchased,
demolished down to the underlying
chassis, and a permanent foundation has been affixed around the
chassis. Many of these homes are
built with luxury features and are
being sold for as much as $4 million — yet retain the very low
Vehicle License Fee and avoid
being assessed as real estate, he
added.
Hubble Space Telescope
In conjunction with NASA celebrations on the East Coast, Griffith
Observatory will pay tribute to the
Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th
anniversary with several events
that highlight its groundbreaking
achievements. The Hubble Space
Telescope was launched on April
24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle
Discovery.
The Griffith Observatory will
host multiple activities for the public to honor astronomer Edwin
Hubble’s scientific contributions.
On Friday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30
p.m., astronomers from NASA,
Space Telescope Science Institute
and Griffith Observatory will
describe how the Hubble Space
Telescope changed the view of the
universe. On Saturday from 1:30
to 2 p.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m. ,
NASA and Northrop Grumman
executives will recount the challenges faced by engineers, scientists and astronauts. NASA astronaut Col. Mark Vande Hei will
share what it’s like to train for a
mission to the International Space
Station from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
The Griffith Observatory is located at 2800 E. Observatory Road.
For information, visit www.griffithobservatory.org.
MAK center presents exhibit on architectural space
photo by Vince Bucci
Actor Gary Sinise was honored with the “True Grit” Humanitarian
Award, and Dr. Maggie DiNome, director of Cancer Prevention
Program and chief of general surgery at Providence Saint John’s
Health Center, was presented with “The Duke” Special Service
Award, at the 30th annual Odyssey Ball on April 11 at the Four
Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The yearly fundraiser benefits the
John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI) at Providence Saint John’s
Health Center and is organized by the John Wayne Cancer Institute
Auxiliary. Pictured at the event are Patrick Wayne (left), JWCI chairman and son of John Wayne; Sinise; Anita Swift, JWCI auxiliary
president and granddaughter of John Wayne, and master of ceremonies and presenter. J.R. Martinez. For more information, visit
www.JWCIgiving.org.
Part one of a two-part architectural installation, “A Vast Furniture”, by
Carmen Argote at the Schindler
House in West Hollywood will be on
display until May 17.
With one sculpture and two sites,
Los Angeles-based artist Argote uses
the floor plan of the Schindler House
as an inspiration and guide to literalize the understanding of architectural space as delineated and distinguished from non-architected space.
Argote materializes the simple
line-drawing action that gave shape
to the house’s determining features
back in 1921, when memories of
time in Yosemite National Park led
the architect to produce what he con-
ceived of as a permanent campsite.
For part two, Argote’s sculpture
will be separated from its defining
walls and reconstructed in an open
landscape in the Mojave Desert. Installed in collaboration with
Joshua Tree-based High Desert Test
Sites, the traced line-as-object will
carry the influence and socio-cultural imprint of the house. Within the
outlined perimeter of vast horizons,
the architecture of both spaces will
be simultaneously activated. Visitors
will be able to take up residence in
the ghost image of the Schindler
House as the sculpture will function
both to define a campsite and host
conversation around home owner-
Dance Media Festival to open
Dance Camera West presents the
14th annual “Dance Media Festival”
running from Thursday, April 30
through Tuesday, May 5 at multiple
venues throughout the Los Angeles
area. The multi-disciplinary festival
will showcase many forms of dance.
More than 30 films will also be
shown connecting diverse cultures
and environments through the
exploration of dance. The kickoff
will be held on April 30 at 6:30 p.m.
at the UTA Screening Room, 9336
Civic Center Dr., Beverly Hills. For
a complete schedule, visit
www.dancecamerawest.org.
ship, cycles of prospecting throughout the region’s history, and the
meaning of the outskirts to a city
like Los Angeles.
The desert portion of the project
will be accompanied by on-site programming linking Kings Road to
Wonder Valley through the shared
legacy of new beginnings manifesting as real estate inherent to
Southern California. The Schindler
House is located at 835 N. Kings
Road in West Hollywood. For information, visit www.MAKcenter.org.
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